New Burnett Brand Ambassadors Announced

FORT WORTH – Thirty medical students were selected for the 2023-24 Burnett Brand Ambassadors Program at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. 

The Brand Ambassadors will represent the Fort Worth medical school in media interviews as well as marketing and social media campaigns. They could also be asked to attend special events and functions and give reports or speeches about the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU.

The 2023-24 Burnett Brand Ambassadors are:

Class of 2024: Toni Igbokidi, Serena Jivraj, Lauren Moore, Danielle Sader, Sam Sayed, Kyle Simon, Ilana Zago

Class of 2025: Isabella Amado, Kevin Chao, Alejandra Gutierrez, Lauren Holladay, Sofia Olson, Ethan Vieira, Lindsay Zumwalt

Class of 2026: Angela Abarquez, Parminder Deo, Cort Ewing, Simar Goyal, Lauren Hui, Kailie McGee, Jonah Schmitz, Winston Scambler

Class of 2027: Paywand Baghal, Raika Bourmand, Marisa Fat, Ashley Kenney, Nico Martinez, Thien An Nguyen, Whitney Stanton, Jeanine Williams

Students are selected through an application process in which a committee consisting of faculty, staff and current student brand ambassadors evaluates applicants. The program, which is voluntary, is run by the Office of  Strategy and Communications.

“The new cohort of Brand Ambassadors have unique and varied stories to tell about their journeys to become physicians,” said Maricar Estrella, Director of Digital Development and Content Strategy, who founded the award-winning program in 2019. “Through these stories, we hope to highlight our school’s novel approach to medical education.”

The program has grown to include media training from local journalists such as NBC 5 Today Anchor Deborah Ferguson, who gave tips on communicating effectively during a broadcast interview, and social media influencers such as J Mack Slaughter, Jr., M.D., an emergency medicine physician, who is scheduled to speak with the new cohort this Fall.