Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, MD/MPH, an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and also from the Yaqui Nation, had the respect of Grandmother Earth instilled in him from the very beginning of life. After receiving his traditional name and baptism as a baby on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation, he attended traditional ceremonies every year of his life, and remains an active cultural participant in his communities today. In 2022, he became the first documented Native American to make the Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Healthcare category.

In 2024, he made history by becoming the first enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe to graduate from an Ivy League university (Harvard Medical School), and the first male-identifying member to become a physician. Currently, he is a resident-physician in pediatrics at the Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington.