Alister Martin's Journey To Make The World Just A Little Bit More Fair

When human potential is wasted, we all lose something.

Most people who look at Alister Martin’s resume would assume he’s led a charmed life. A medical doctor as well as a White House fellow, he holds dual appointments on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Medical School, he excels in just about every way you can imagine. He even has a mean tennis serve.

Yet his life has not been charmed, at least not in the ways most people would imagine. He grew up rough, he had struggles and his life very nearly went sideways. He also had some luck, had some good mentors, was able to push through and make it. Many of those he grew up with did not.

Struggle and hardship can make people feel bitter. Some, once they make it to the top, want to pull the ladder up behind them. But Alister feels a sense of gratitude and responsibility to those who got left behind and works to help the ones that still have a chance at a better life.

So he established his organization, A Healthier Democracy, to leverage the healthcare system to deliver crucial services to people in marginalized communities. One of these, Vote-ER, has helped almost 100,000 people to register to vote at over 700 facilities.

See the impact that Alister is making at the websites below:

A Healthier Democracy: https://ahealthierdemocracy.org/

Vot-ER: https://vot-er.org/

His LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alister-martin-41b1369a/

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