Dr. Ala Stanford , a pediatric surgeon and founder of the Black Doctors Consortium, Center for Health Equity and R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine, announced her campaign for Congress on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

Stanford, a Philly native, is expected to hold a formal in-person announcement with family and supporters in East Germantown at her childhood mentor and elementary school principal's home, a news release said.

Her campaign released a video Wednesday called "Do the Work," an introduction to her candidacy that covers Stanford's upbringing in North Philadelphia — born to a 14-year-old mother and raised in Section 8 housing — and her journey to becoming a doctor after facing roadblocks and rejection.

"I graduated from Penn State, entered med school, and became the first Black woman ped

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