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Why I want to be a Doctor?
Physicians tend to have a childhood memory as to when they first realized they wanted to become a doctor. I believe that I have a similar reflection because I was not the average five-year-old. I enjoyed going to the doctor's office because I was intrigued when my pediatrician, Doctor Svetlana Fish, did simple things like use her stethoscope to check my heart beats and take my blood work. Dr. Fish knew how to make me feel comfortable. She was the ideal model of the physician I aspired to be. My relatives often remind me how I created natural home remedies whenever someone was sick; assuming my role as “Doctor Laguerre.” Fast forward to my teenage years, I still have the same desire as I did when I was a kid.
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After three years of being in the program, I have an urge to apply the knowledge that I’ve gained in the program into the community. In my neighborhood alone, it is quite devastating to see how health illiterate people are, especially amongst the Latino/Black/Afro-American community. Being that I am an African-American, I notice the many black men and women that work countless jobs to make their ends meet. Despite all of the odds against us as a people, we still continue to find the motivation to wake up in the morning and go about our day. I want to be a doctor because I want to serve the underprivileged population within my community. They have long been victims to the systematic oppression and institutionalized racism that play such a heavy role in the American society. I feel that it is my calling to acquire all the knowledge that I can in order to help improve the health outcomes of my patients in a positive way. In order to reduce these issues, health care workers should use their voices more in order to meet the needs of these patients and ensure that they receive quality care. My family has a history of diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure; all common health issues within the Afro- Caribbean population, specifically within the Flatbush area of Brooklyn. I would like to tackle these problems to the best of my

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