Jugaad Sandhu

I'm Jugaad Sandhu — a UC Berkeley pre-med student, certified medical assistant, educator, and first-generation student building MedNow from the same experiences that shaped my path into medicine, education, and public service.

Before I ever thought about creating a healthcare education platform, I was already learning what it means to help people navigate systems that feel overwhelming. Growing up as the son of immigrant parents, I often found myself translating, explaining, and advocating for my family in medical settings. Later, while helping care for my grandfather through heart failure, a pacemaker, and a stroke, I saw how confusing healthcare can feel when people are scared, rushed, or unsure of what is happening. Those moments taught me that medicine is not only about knowing the right answer — it is about making people feel seen, understood, and supported when they need clarity most.

“Teaching showed me that many students aren't struggling because they lack potential — they're struggling because the resources around them aren't built for the way they actually learn.”

That same mindset followed me into clinical work. As a medical assistant in a cardiology clinic, I worked with EKGs, vitals, patient intake, cardiac testing, and the everyday responsibility of helping patients move through care with confidence. I saw how much preparation matters — not just for passing an exam, but for becoming someone patients can trust when the stakes are real.

I also found purpose as an educator. After earning my medical assistant certification, I helped teach and mentor future medical assistants in skills like venipuncture, EKG placement, vitals, medical terminology, and exam preparation. Teaching showed me that many students are not struggling because they lack potential. They are struggling because the resources around them are outdated, scattered, overly generic, or not built for the way they actually learn. Some students need a better explanation. Some need structure. Some need confidence. All of them deserve tools that meet them where they are.

A major part of who I am also comes from building online communities and leading teams at scale. Before MedNow, I founded and helped lead a game development studio and community that reached millions of players across multiple games. Through that work, I managed developers, moderators, and staff across time zones, built systems for safety and community standards, handled conflict, organized teams, and learned how to lead people in fast-moving environments where thousands of users depended on the systems we built. What started as a creative project became one of my first real lessons in leadership, operations, product building, and responsibility.

That experience shaped the way I think about MedNow. Building a community taught me how to create something people actually want to return to. Working in healthcare taught me how important accuracy, trust, and readiness are. Teaching future medical assistants taught me how much better students perform when the material is clear, organized, and human. MedNow brings those parts of my life together.

I built MedNow because I wanted to create the resource I wish more students had — a platform that makes medical assistant exam prep clearer, more modern, and more personal. MedNow brings together AI-generated practice questions, blueprint-based review, flashcards, clinical scenarios, and personalized study tools so students can prepare with confidence and educators can teach more effectively.

For me, MedNow is not just an exam prep app. It is a continuation of what I have always cared about: building useful systems, educating others, serving people, and giving students the tools to succeed before they ever step into a clinic. Whether I am teaching a student, supporting a patient, leading a team, or building a platform, my goal has always been the same — help people feel more prepared, more capable, and less alone.