Category: Unit 1

“You are one of the strongest women i’ve ever met and your patience and loving personality that you show me, is you Belinda. Be proud of yourself and you mean a lot to me… you got me through hella shi*t.”

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“All of your cousins are relatively successful except for x.y.z. “

In my family if you weren’t at the top , then you’re looked down upon. There’s always been this pressure of having to be the best, do your best,

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“Lisa, you are a very good student. You can study anything–even if you don’t like it.”

I will always remember these words spoken to me by my father.  We were sitting at the dining room table. Just my dad and

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“I wish you would apply yourself more. Not just in my class, but in everything. You are capable of doing great things.”

I had been called an underachiever by my teachers in the past, but it had never meant anything.

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“Lisa, you are a very good student. You can study anything–even if you don’t like it.”

I will always remember these words spoken to me by my father.  We were sitting at the dining room table. Just my dad and

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The time I dropped out of medical school was one of the lowest moment in my life.  It had happened before.  So I felt like I was in a familiar place.  Something kept telling me I did not belong on

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