“Lose not hope because It’s always the darkest before dawn” is the precis for my journey . Being a witness to a seven year olds exhaustive treatment for his homozygous sickle cell disease has a lasting impact in one’s memory. Every now and then he would have a crisis, his nails would aggressively press against my hand, his tears would wet the floor, his body curled up wishing for nothing but relief. These episodes sometimes would last for hours. I was as old as my nephew, I drew upon his frustration. It was unsettling and Exposed me to countless visits to hospitals and religious homecare to numb his pain, instilled the first spark in me to be a doctor. To be the same light to ease the physical as well as emotional pain that gripped my nephew.

With this desire and determination to provide medical services to the best of my abilities, I am enthusiastically pursuing further training here in the United States. My journey has endowed me with certain inalienable traits that will not only make me a successful internist but also a well balanced physician. My goal is to bring awareness, educate the common masses about preventable diseases and to make this world a better place by providing affordable medical care and show that with perseverance anything is possible is a testament to my American Dream . I aspire to [University name]’s Internal Medicine residency program to sharpen my clinical skills and train in an environment where the primary focus is to create leaps in medicine and be a part of the close knit community of internists. I am eagerly waiting to join the team and looking forward to a residency.