All For My Roots

In local places such as pharmacies, we see numerous individuals in white coats who hand us our prescriptions and provide us with medical instructions, all with welcoming smiles on their faces. The work they do for our community and their engagement with others who need medical assistance or guidance are fueled by their passion for their profession and their motivating life story. A particular pharmacist who served as a role model for this media was one of those numerous individuals who dedicated her effort to improving our community medically. The fuel that propels her rocket to a world of medicine is her family's life when they lived in Vietnam. The sight of her parents waking up at the peak of sunrise daily to harvest fresh produce and sell their crops or fish at the market was her first motivation to be diligent. She continues to utilize her parents' morning life in Vietnam decades ago to motivate her to commit to the work that she does in our community. Her parents are her role models and she, herself, is a role model for the next generation of aspiring pharmacists.