IAMSE offers me the opportunity to reach out to colleagues from around the world and work with them to create new collaborations and friendships. Such international connections move the teaching of the health sciences forward. IAMSE is an organization where any member is offered the opportunity to step up and make a difference, as a reviewer, a committee member, a committee chair or a director. Being offered the privilege to serve as the Editor-in-Chief of Medical Science Educator has enormously enriched both my professional career and my personal development.