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Swimming through a sea of white coats: Finding my voice in advocacy

By The DO Staff

06.06.26

I still remember the feeling of stepping into Washington, D.C., surrounded by a sea of white coats. It was my first time attending the American Osteopathic Association’s DO Day advocacy conference, and as a recipient of the AOA Bureau of Emerging Leaders Scholarship, I carried both excitement and a quiet sense of responsibility.