She held me for a fleeting moment—our first and last together.
I met my mother only once. Our meeting was brief, leaving behind no photographs or baby books to remember her by.In 2008, in a small, remote village in Southern Ethiopia, she held me for a fleeting moment—our first and last together. Shortly after my birth, she succumbed to tuberculosis , a treatable disease that cruelly robbed us of a future together.I was ten months old and severely underweight when I was adopted and brought to the United States.
I am driven by the mission to ensure that every child has access to the same level of care that enabled me to survive and thrive.This commitment influenced my decision to pursue a PhD in sociology, a field that provides a lens to examine the complex interactions between society, health, and disease—interactions I have personally lived through.
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