“You can take the girl out of the hood but you can’t take the hood out of the girl. 💭 I remember… 🛌🏽…all my siblings & I sleeping in my parent’s room bcus we only had 1 AC unit. 📺…learning how to speak Spanish from my parents & English from watching TV. 🇺🇸…My mom studying for her citizenship test on our car rides to the store. 🏠…My dad losing his job & later that year, losing our house. 🇲🇽…the day I realized I was the only Mexican in my entire college. 🎓 I remember all of these thoughts caught in my throat as I walked down the steps of the Peabody Oprah house to receive my Doctoral Degree.” #DejatuHuella #HispanicHeritageMonth 🧡 🗣 firstgendoctor