Although the recent annual growth rate in the U.S. paramedical field has been 4%, Latino and African American men have been significantly underrepresented in the field compared to their proportion in the U.S. population at large. This problem threatens both the quality and quantity of available emergency health care. The purpose of this study was to describe how Men of Color (MOC) in community college paramedical programs experienced their awareness, interest, and proactive choice of paramedicine as a course of study. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach and Social Cognitive Career Theory as a theoretical framework, I interviewed 23 MOC enrolled during one semester across three community college paramedical programs in the southwestern U.S.: 9 Latino and 14 African American, aged 18-29 with mean age 22 years. The focus of the interview questions was the participants' lived experiences at various career points, as well as the enablers and disablers they had encountered (Appendix A). I identified three metanarratives that were useful in enhancing recruitment of MOC to the paramedic field, specifically, the need for external sources of information, ongoing support, and external validation. Identified areas for further research included the recruitment dynamics of female paramedics, MOC persistence issues, and MOC job satisfaction assessments.