User:Ruben007/Ruben G. Alexander

Ruben Gerard Alexander was born October 12, 1985 in Atlanta [], Georgia at Georgia Baptist Hospital. He was the first child of Ruben A. and Terrie Alexander. He has two younger sisters, Jessica and Justine. Ruben is currently a third year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During his childhood, Ruben was involved in community baseball leagues and active in his church choir and other youth ministries. A product of a God-fearing family, Ruben had the importance of excellence instilled in him at an early age. He has always excelled inside and outside the classroom. Ruben graduated Magnet valedictorian of his high school class at Southwest DeKalb High School (SWD) in Decatur, Georgia in 2003. During his tenure at SWD, Ruben was active on the varsity wrestling team, golf team, a member of the National Honor Society, and the Mu Alpha Theta mathematical honor society.

Four years later, he graduated valedictorian of his college class at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He finished with a bachelor of science degree in biology. Ruben became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., specifically the Alpha Rho chapter in the spring of 2005 as the fifth man on the line of 12, the Transcendent 12. While at Morehouse [], Ruben was a member and president of the Health Careers Society and co-founder of EduHealth, a non-profit organization aimed at bridging the gap among health disparities. EduHealth has since expired.

Ruben G. is committed to the health field. He is now a third year medical student at Penn Med.