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Resisting Vitriol with Academic Excellence

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Indira has wanted to be a doctor for almost as long as she can remember. When she was 10, her family was shopping for groceries at Sam’s Club, and she spotted a large book about human anatomy. She became so excited about it that her parents bought it for her birthday, even though it was well above her reading level—and their price range. She began working her way through it, mesmerized, and when she got stuck, her mother would explain

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