One of her biggest academic challenges was to write her Ph.D. dissertation in English, since Spanish is her native language. She moved to the U.S. in 1978. My dissertation received one of the Distinguished Dissertation Awards from Rockefeller College. It's a long road. I tell my children that I don't focus on the external gains of salary or being called Dr., but the feeling you have in terms of who you are and accomplishing something that is all yours.
Nothing can compare with that.