On this episode, we heard from Dr. Petal Elder. She’s an internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston who grew up in Trinidad and Tobago. Like about one-in-four doctors currently practicing in the U.S., she went to medical school outside of the country. Dr. Elder attended medical school in Ireland from which she had the opportunity to pursue clinical rotations all around the world, eventually landing in Massachusetts for residency. She is the youngest doctor featured on Faces of Medicine and experienced first hand some of the life-threatening challenges of pregnancy experienced by many Black women while she was still a resident. Her story illustrates the importance of listening to your instincts and following your own path, even if it’s different from the one you told everyone you’d be following.