I feel that my particular experiences and passion will add strength and diversity to the USF medical class. Growing up from a lower socio-economic status has exposed me to a certain lifestyle in which one must be flexible and resilient in order to survive. In order to traverse the hardship, one must develop inner strength at a younger age. Those experiences has shaped my perspective on the outcome of hard work and opportunity. I am a firm believer of the saying, "What don 't kill you, makes you stronger". One of the recent obstacles that I had to overcome was my diagnosis and removal of a World Health Organization grade three tumors from my spinal column. During the spring semester of my senior year of undergrad, I fell ill and could not continue