Welcome Michelle Burroughs to the Blue, Gold & BLACK Podcast. Michelle services UCR as the Director of Community Engagement & Outreach for the Center of Healthy Communities as well as Finance Administrative Officer, for the Department of Social Medicine. In this episode of our podcast we are going to learn more about Michelle and her journey through higher education and how attending an HBCU shaped her world view. Listen as Michelle explains the importance of ethically providing medical and health care services to communities of color and how it is critical to be culturally competent when servicing communities of various backgrounds. Michelle is one of the leading people in the School of Medicine establishing critical relationships with the communities of Riverside.