It’s time to pay your taxes!!! I never believed in the concept of burn out until I finally burned out. For years and years I told myself to push through and that nothing could touch me. Then I realized we are all human and everyone can be touched. This caused me to take a step […]
Amazing how one sentence can change your life forever. My one sentence came about 7 years ago. It was late evening and I was standing outside my developmental coach’s house. Out of nowhere, he began yelling at me. “Dale,” he said, “you don’t know what you’ve got. You’re waiting for someone to let you become […]
FEAR! It’s an emotion that drives us to do unreasonable things. We cry because of fear, we fight because of fear, and we judge others because of fear. Perhaps most important to the premedical student, we don’t try because of fear. Recently, I had the opportunity to give the MLK Keynote Address at a major […]
I’ve gotta confess y’all, I’ve been stressing out a little lately. Life has got me crazy busy and it’s catching up. You know the feeling right….The one where it feels like you’re moving a thousand miles per hour while someone’s blasting a fire hose in your face with a pack of wolves chasing you. Ya…that’s […]
How was your 2019? Will 2020 be better? As 2019 comes to an end, I’m encouraged when I reflect on all the amazing things God brought this year. Certainly, we’ve all had our challenges, but I’m a firm believer that as each year ends, the best thing we can do is take a moment and […]
Who is in your corner? Your circle? Your round? Your squad? Too many premeds and med students try to go at this all on their own. Year after year, I hear stories from students struggling in school and now trying to find a way to improve their chances at getting into medical school or residency. […]
How to make an IMPACT! Day in and day out, we go about our business. We do all the little things we believe we’re supposed to be doing. Checking off all our little boxes just to make it to the next task. For most people, that’s an okay way of living, but for those who […]
On this day we celebrate our vets! Thanks to all the veterans out there including Afghanistan vet, Greg Proctor who has been an active member on Diverse Medicine supporting his peers and was even voted premed of the year 2018. Below are some of his recent pictures while deployed to West Africa. While there, he […]
Dr. Dale and I were honored with distinguished alumnae awards at our old high school over the weekend. It was special seeing our former teachers and having the opportunity to thank them for all they did for us. We were given the opportunity to share a special high school memory that impacted our lives and […]
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a few stories written about my team’s efforts to develop leaders in the field of medicine with a specific emphasis on diversity in medicine. I’m always grateful and honored to be featured, however, I’ve began to notice a recurring theme; one that has been bothering me a […]
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