Personal Narrative: My Personal Background Story

Throughout my life I have been taught many things; however, there's something that has remained close to me. "To the world, you may be an individual, but to an individual, you may be the world." When connecting this statement to my personal background story that is so essential to my identity, it gives me the encouragement to pursue my studies in the field of biology by researching and advocating in urban communities as a doctor of osteopathy. It was the heart wrenching, moving experience with my beloved neighbor, Ms. Lisa, that led me to the reevaluation of my outlook on serving others.
... At the age of forty-six Ms. Lisa has been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, and that is not even the worst part. Although it had not spread outside