In this week’s Episode we go global to discuss the need for Black representation in medical text books and illustrations, the power of using words to create your future, the proof of success, and the value of self-awareness. Our guest, Chidiebere Ibe, BSc is the Chief Medical Illustrator at Journal of Global Neurosurgery and a Forbes Featured Medical Illustrator. He is also the Creative Director at the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons (AFAN), Young Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (YCAANS) and a Junior Committee Member-World Federation of Neurosurgeons - Global Neurosurgery. Chidiebere Ibe is passionate about contemporary illustrations of black patients. He has worked assiduously to promote the use of black skin medical illustration in medical textbooks and public health materials. He has been acclaimed globally for creating the viral black fetus. Ibe, who earned a chemistry degree in Nigeria and is now studying medicine in Ukraine, only began his medical illustrations in 2020. He has already created images depicting anatomy and a range of conditions, such as the skin disorder vitiligo, cold sores, a chest infection and spinal injuries, all in Black people.