Piedad Canola Research Paper

Piedad Canola, my beloved mother, planted the seed to my career goals many years ago. My mother was born in Medellin, Colombia along with eleven other siblings. She didn't complete much in her life because of the desperate need to help her mother support and maintain their large family. Because her mother needed her help to raise the family, the highest level of education my mother received was the fifth grade.Years later she met my father, Francisco. He married my mother and brought her to the United States. My father worked long hours in order to maintain two kids and a wife. My mother has confessed that the worst decision that she has ever made was not finishing school and getting an education. It breaks her heart knowing that she can't
financially help my father support the family. Even though my family was struggling financially, they were able to purchase a fake, plastic stethoscopes for me. The hard plastic scrapped my ears over time because of the overuse. I would listen the the 'heart beat' of my stuffed animals and dolls. Ever since then it became my dream to become a doctor.Starting the sixth grade, my mom walked me to my bus stop and gave me a piece of advice. She said ' Go and get an education because the worst thing in life is to depend on a man.' That was the moment I knew I had to do something with my life and get an education. I realized that I had to turn my dream into a reality. Ever since the sixth grade, I've made it my goal to attend college and medical school in order to accomplish my goal.My goal has grown since then. I've researched many specialties in the medical field and the one that stood out the most was Anesthesiologist. Just knowing that an anesthesiologist has a patient's life in their hands and that they are able to take away their pain is very appealing to me. I want to make people feel better but in order to help them out, I have to put my heart and soul into my education. The only thing that is in the way of me reaching my goal is not having the money to pay for college