♪ >> It began as a response to increased violence in Louisville.

But quickly grew into an award-winning program serving hundreds of children.

Future healers is not only showing young people are healthier, way to live, but its also shaping the next generation of health care professionals.

>> Future healers started in during a time of particular.

>> A civil unrest with a violent year for Louisville.

And it really started when some medical students kind of look at their situation said, hey, we feel like we want to do more for our community, the medical students, the doctors.

>> Our organization to its game changers.

We thought it would be great for them to have this interaction with the first responders who deal with these kind of issues every month.

>> The team of 6 to 12 medical students.

Well, >> me and >> kind of just go through different ideas on how we can teach kids about her body in a fun and engaging way.

>> And I think just kind of taking an approach of >> education with like hands-on KET got a Corning and has been pivotal to the success of that program become the only was it a month.

So.

>> You do.

When you come here, you do things you like like moved to CPR or you learn how to stage people love.

>> I've been coming here for 4 years.

An I learned a lot about being a doctor in the Indian Ocean.

Be like a van near you.

like it gives me a lot.

It teaches me a lot.

>> I thought was just like, just go listen to some people talk.

But then like.

It was so much more like more experience and like hands on things.

And it was really amazing.

>> I learned about how to help people.

And what what to do when they >> I want to be a doctor in the future.

Some stuff would be easy for us all.

We learned that one of around one that if the Chandlers, I remember it really well learn and age.

It's where it's coming up.

These kids are so smart.

They're learning the retaining.

They're coming back in the ring.

That's a knowledge.

And we're adding on expanding to it.

>> It's really inspiring to see kids who might be coming from like underserved areas or express a certain situations and really come here with a bright smile on their face and they're eager to learn and you go to work with U.S. medical >> Have embrace this connection we'll for thrust way with expects the urban kids.

Let them now dead.

I want to sacrifice my tab to be with you with all my challenges with status, right?

And prepare to be become a position like that.

But I want to sacrifice my time because you're worth it.

And the kids feel that the parents feel that.

And that's why we've had this growth.

I mean, they're like really it.

>> Great trauma surgeons here, U of this amazing trauma center that she can go talk to just like and not only that would be very intimidating, like always, very fancy doctored or she is a very fancy Dr. How could we go talk to them?

But they're very down to Earth.

And you can ask takes an hour.

So we're coming from Radcliff, Kentucky, probably to the south.

>> We've really put a lot of effort and dedication to come to this program.

It is well worth coming if it wasn't for parents.

This program when a line, right, they are responsible for making sure that their kids show up and show out Saturday.

So I think the parents learn a lot to a 97%.

Other parents, the brain, the kids, the future healers, kiddos medical program stay and witness every bit of it.

That's a big part of our success.

One of the greatest things that I do love about this program is the diversity I was able to see doctors and able to see people who look like him as well to be in this program to say, listen, there's no excuses.

You don't let your environment the test your future.

I didn't realize how much these kids actually look up to us as medical students of people of color.

>> So it really makes a huge difference.

It's much more than I realized.

>> And so I think giving them the exposure to health care and being a cheerleader for them is hopefully going to help out in the future with getting folks more interested in health care and instilling the belief early in them that they can do it, but they set their mind to it.

I think she's kind of like I can do this.

>> This this is not some pie in the sky.

Think I can do this.

Really do it if none of them decide to go into health care at the end of the day, that's OK, it's that sense of.

>> Living within a community and helping those around you at the end of the day, if that's what the company needed to be difficult.

>> If you give a kid a chance.

And if there's some professionals that can sacrifice their time for putting goodwill of children.

Great things out.

>> Christopher 2 X says the program is impacting more than 400 kids and he expects that number to increase the program has also expanded into 3 Jefferson County Public schools and even into Tennessee through a partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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