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Episode 18: Not Just an Immigrant: Dr. Lynda Charles on Trading Medicine for a Higher Calling
Lynda Charles grew up in northern Haiti, the daughter of a mother who "dreamt big" for her children despite having little formal education herself. Lynda knew she wanted to be a doctor from around age five, after a visit to her pediatrician, a memory she still carries word for word. She went on to medical school in Port-au-Prince, choosing medicine over parallel acceptances to study teaching and languages, and finished her internship and required social service year to earn her medical license.
Her path to the U.S. wasn't a plan; it was a death threat. Two weeks after returning from a…
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