Coming from a low-income, first generation to college family, I faced many obstacles in my efforts to prepare for college. My mother developed diabetes. It was hereditary. Since I was an only child, from a young age, I learned to accompany her as her translator. In addition to assisting her to measure her blood glucose, I reminded her to take her medicine daily. As her illness prolonged, my interest in diabetes and hereditary diseases increased. I realized my intended major...

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