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Before you judge how hard I’m trying, please remember: there are little people at home counting on me, and family and employees who do as well. I’m going to be vulnerable here. My life is not easy. I receive more hate than I let on, and being strong doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. But I am so grateful for it all. 

You see the stages, the treatments, the conferences, the accomplishments. What you can’t see is everything I’m carrying while I show up. I’m a mother trying to provide for her children. Trying to meet their needs, including special needs. Trying to build a future where they are cared for, supported, and safe.

That is deeply personal to me. Every opportunity I work for has a family behind it. I started with very little in the projects of NYC with immigrant parents who sacrificed their lives for us and never taking anything for granted. I grew always humble and willing to work really hard. I became a surgeon. I was fired when I asked for equal pay to the men in my program and I was fired. And I had to figure out how to start again.

Eventually, my story went from fired to Forbes. It’s a beautiful headline, but living through it was harder. Ive had to start over multiple times in life and sometimes It makes you question yourself and wonder how you’re going to take care of the people who depend on you.

This is a reminder that there is room for all of you to succeed, too. We’re all just trying to survive. I still have big dreams. I’m still working towards it and im going to keep dreaming big! 

And I hope my children grow up knowing that their mama was scared sometimes, hurt sometimes, and tired sometimes but she kept showing up. Here’s to all of us who refuse to let our dreams be squashed 🙌! We got this, nothing can stop us! Im rooting for y’all as well! Let’s be uncrushable ✨together! 🙌🙌🤍

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