2LT Cecelia Peden

2LT Cecelia (Cece) Peden is a current U.S. Army medical student pursuing her MD degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Muhlenberg College in May of 2022. In her undergraduate studies, she received a B.S. in mathematics and competed in Division III soccer. Cecelia wanted to become a part of Para Ti Global as a result of her own experiences going through the AAMC application cycle. Without regard to an individual’s financial status, the AAMC and tasks leading up to being able to apply to medical school prevent capable applicants and individuals from becoming physicians. Cecelia hopes to be a resource to right some of the inequities within the application process itself.