Yasine KedarriBack to Member List

Yasine is currently serving as a Vaccine Ambassador with WellSpace Health in Sacramento. Born in San Francisco, he spent most of his life living in the Middle East and North Africa. He returned to California to begin taking classes at American River College, where he discovered a passion for both healthcare and public service. Upon transferring to UC Merced in 2019, he elected to major in Human Biology, with the intention of pursuing a career as a physician. Initially intrigued by the role that medical distrust can play in vaccination hesitancy through the LEAD Pre-Health program at UC Merced, Yasine decided to explore this interest more deeply through his current role with AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps has given him ample opportunity to serve his community—from co-creating a pediatric vaccine education program to speaking one-on-one with his patients in the clinic, he has thoroughly enjoyed his service term thus far. He feels well-prepared to understand and communicate with his patients in the future.