When Sofia Gonzalez, MD, decided to become a doctor, she didn’t have any idea how to make it happen.
Raised in both Pico Rivera and Denver by a single mother who’d emigrated from Mexico, Dr. Gonzalez didn’t have any medical role models in her family. But she was a good student who loved science and volunteered at a hospital during middle school and high school, so she pushed forward and figured things out along the way.
By the time her younger brother, Daniel Gonzalez, MD, decided to pursue a career in medicine, he could draw upon Sofia’s real-life experiences and hard-won wisdom.
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