My name is Chyna. I am an Indigenous woman studying medicine and I'm here to share this journey out loud. This blog, Cedar + Scrubs, is about more than surviving medical school. It’s about reclaiming space. It’s about walking between worlds: one rooted in the teachings of my ancestors, the other filled with stethoscopes, white coats, and endless textbooks. Cedar is sacred. In my culture, it's medicine: cleansing, grounding, protecting. And scrubs? They represent this new worl