Omygoooooooodnesss!!!!! WHY have i never seen this before?!? What an awesome idea!!!
Can you imagine as a prerequisite all seniors choose a kindergartners to mentor and teach....... teaching the seniors patience and pride, and the kindergartners have someone to look up to ( not in their family)
And when the seniors graduate, the kindergartners will graduate with them (into first grade)
That would be an AWESOME program!
52 years old | 10-year gap in her journey
Originally from Argentina 🇦🇷
Matched into Family Medicine at Manatí Medical Center
Huge congratulations, Dr. Andrea E. Plitt! Your story is a true testament to resilience, discipline, and belief in one’s dreams. We are incredibly proud of you 💫
Her journey:
• Moved to the United States for her husband’s job
• Arrived with two children and pregnant with her youngest
• Came with limited English and built her language skills from scratch through ESL classes
• Learned English while already navigating a new life and career path
Her USMLE path:
• Took Step 1 early without full guidance and did not pass
• Faced that setback head-on and kept going
• Continued studying with consistency and determination
• Eventually passed all exams with perseverance
Her growth and leadership:
• Part of Project IMG since its creation in 2021
• Studied with Dr. Sebastian in an Argentinian USMLE community founded in 2019
• Became an active leader within Project IMG
• Supported and inspired countless IMGs around the world
What makes her story powerful:
• A 10-year gap that did not define her outcome
• A mother, a physician, and a leader,balancing it all
• Proving that age is not a limitation
• Showing that starting over is always possible
Her message to the world:
• It doesn’t matter where you start
• It doesn’t matter how long it takes
• It doesn’t matter how many obstacles appear
With discipline, consistency, and belief, everything is possible.
Despite all the challenges… she made it.
This is more than a match.
This is a message.
It can be done. 💫
The most special moment of the show happened when Kendrick Lamar stopped the entire concert to sing Happy Birthday to a girl celebrating her 9th birthday. He even signed a pgLang hat, bringing her to tears 🥹
Happy Birthday, Kalina! 🎉✨
Netflix’s "Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within", which follows the journey of the viral Masaka Kids Africana dance group from Uganda’s south-western Masaka region, is one of the most touching documentaries I have watched in a long while (and I watch a lot). If you need your faith restored in humankind, this will do it.