{"id":43454,"date":"2025-08-14T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/?post_type=story&p=43454"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:55:00","slug":"adil-mukhi-an-indo-canadian-teen-championing-youth-health-education","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/adil-mukhi-an-indo-canadian-teen-championing-youth-health-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Adil Mukhi: An Indo-Canadian teen championing youth health education"},"content":{"rendered":"

(August 14, 2025)<\/strong> In Grade 9 at Glenforest Secondary School in Mississauga, Adil Mukhi kept hearing the same story from friends: they wanted to become doctors but didn\u2019t know how to start. Some were unsure about medical school requirements, others didn\u2019t know where to find mentors or build research experience. It struck him that, despite their ambition, they lacked guidance. That observation became the foundation for Dr. Interested<\/a>, the youth-led community Adil created to make healthcare careers more accessible for students like his peers. \u201cI started Dr. Interested after seeing too many youth struggle to navigate med school paths or build core skills like research and public speaking,\u201d he later wrote on the organisation\u2019s team page.<\/p>\n

Building Dr. Interested<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What started as a simple idea in a Mississauga classroom began to grow quickly once Adil put it into motion. In 2024, he invited a handful of classmates to join an online meeting to talk about medical careers. The discussion turned into a series of sessions, and soon students from outside his school were asking if they could join. By the following year, Dr. Interested had evolved into a global network, connecting teenagers in Canada with peers in countries as far away as India, Kenya, and the UK.<\/p>\n

\"Adil