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Hey there!

My name's Vaibhav and I’m currently a senior majoring in Human Biology and Awesomeness while simultaneously applying to medical schools. My family's had a fondness for traveling for as long as I can remember and it's led me to a variety of places across the globe. I was born in Saudi Arabia and stayed there until I was about 4. After that my family lived in Ireland for another couple years until we came to San Antonio. After three years, we moved to Dallas where I've lived ever since.

I consider myself to be lucky enough to have been to the places I've been and experienced the life I've lived so far. My goal in the future is to be able to travel to medically under-served areas of the world and set up primary care clinics to treat the people and eliminate the diseases that run rampant there. It's a lofty goal, but it's one that I firmly believe is within our grasp.

Why I Ride

My grandfather on my dad’s side was a heavy smoker for a number of years since he was a young adult and he wasn't very old when he passed away from lung cancer. I’ll never have the opportunity to meet him, and relatives don’t mention him all that often. Cancer doesn't only hurt the people who are directly afflicted with it, but also their family members who have to watch as their loved ones suffer and wither away. I don’t want to see anyone ever suffer the same way my father and his family did when his own father was dying from cancer. I want to make a difference and fight cancer in one of the most meaningful ways I can by joining Texas 4000.

I ride for my grandfather, who was diagnosed with and died from lung cancer before he could ever meet me. I ride because of the lost experiences and memories I will never make or have with him. I ride for him, because even though he couldn't defeat cancer, he was still strong enough to be able to fight cancer and look after his family for as long as he could.

I ride for my uncle, who was also diagnosed with lung cancer and shortly passed away after it metastasized. I didn't know my uncle all that well, but his death affected me nonetheless.

I ride for all of my parents' friends, who have been diagnosed with cancer and either recovered or passed away. The ones who have survived have shown me that cancer isn't the end of your life, and that your life is something worth fighting for. Those who have passed away are a constant reminder that we still lack a cure for cancer and need to continue our search until we find one.

I ride so that someday we find a cure to cancer; so that the millions of people worldwide no longer have to suffer from its effects, and that the efforts of those who came before and fought against it are not in vain. I ride because I choose to make a difference.