Sandy's parents had scraped and saved to give her a shot, and she was not going to waste it.
She enrolled in premed at Boston University and would later study abroad in Nigercaring for expectant mothers whose communities had been ravaged by famine.
In Sandy's second year, she got a call no daughter wants to get.
Papi was sick.
Things had taken and bad turn.
"Make me proud" were the last words between Sandy and Sergio.
The loss of her father and her experience studying abroad opened Sandy's eyes to the deep connections between birthplace and destiny.
She switched her major to economics and international relations and graduated with honors.
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