Britton Ethridge is a medical student at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in the Class of 2025. He graduated with a BS in Nursing from the University of North Alabama in 2017 and has worked in healthcare for over a decade; primarily in neurosurgery, pediatric primary care, and neonatal intensive care nursing. His ultimate goal is to become a US-based ophthalmologist with a focus on increasing health equity on an international level. His first international humanitarian trip was in 2011, and he has served with multiple organizations since that time in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras.