Believe in yourself! Never listen to critics who have never accomplished anything outside of criticizing those who have the courage to chase greatness! To risk failure! They are cowards and cowards should never deter you from your goals!
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?
Mom: *nudging me* that’s you, go help
Me: I’m an ortho surgeon, let’s see if a real doctor or a nurse or a paramedic shows up
Mom: But you’re a doctor right?
Me: Yeah but the patient doesn’t have acute arthritis.
Mom: 😞
2009:
-Rejected from med school (x2)
-Major doubt creeps in
-Close to giving up on my dreams
2019
-Orthopedic surgery Chief Resident
-Matched to Adult Recon fellowship
-Living out my dreams
#TenYearChallenge
“I am 4’11, I am Hispanic, I am a woman...people usually think I am the staff that cleans up the operating room, and they are surprised when I say that I’m the doctor.”
Dr. Cruz at MOLA’s Saturday Mentorship Programming
Watch the fallout of these fires. People gonna want to move back into the city ad what areas are affordable? The hood. This will be another catalyst of gentrification.
Shoutout to all of our members graduating from medical school this month!! We are incredibly proud of all of you and we know that you are each destined to do remarkable things in your respective careers!!! You all are the EPITOME OF EXCELLENCE!!! ✊🏾🙌🏿🔥 #SNMAGrads
I used to think the best doctors were superhuman. But the more I do this job the more I realise the importance of just being human, and how uncommon this trait exists in our profession.
My mom raised me as a single mother in Compton, California. She worked hard every single day, so I followed suit and by the grace of God I can say I’ll be attending Harvard Medical School on scholarship. This is for the culture. #Medtwitter#BlackGirlMagic#Harvard#WOC#LMU
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Kristy Weber @PennMedicine named first female president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons @AAOS1#AAOS2019 https://t.co/ZvgIka7GKI
Maybe it’s only eye opening to some. I feel like POC have seen this all our lives. We know we have to work harder because the deck is stacked against us.
Why are we surprised that money will buy you into places that hard work couldn’t take you? We’ve literally built a society in which we value cash over everything else.