The purpose of this Guide is to assist budding medical students overcome the problems inherent in the transition to residency as well as those added challenges of being a Latino physician in the USA. We hope that this packet serves you well, and that you gain knowledge and experience from the different manifestations of our desire to help our people. Please pass any ideas as to how to improve the Residency Guide to the new LMSA Publication Chair at (contact@lmsa.net). We thank you for your participation in the future that we hope to create for Latinos, and look forward to joining you in the ranks of future Latino physicians.