![Nico Olalia, a transgender and Filipina nurse at Cedars-Sinai, has made it her life’s mission to help others. (Jireh Deng/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Nico Olalia, a transgender and Filipina nurse at Cedars-Sinai, has made it her life’s mission to help others. (Jireh Deng/Los Angeles Times/TNS)](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/US-NEWS-LGBTQ-HEALTH-WORKERS-LA.jpg?w=525)
Yearly surveys of first-year medical students by the Assn. of American Medical Colleges show that the percentage identifying as transgender and gender nonconforming doubled from 0.7% in 2020 to 1.4% in 2023.
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