About her experience as the first member of her family to attend medical school, she has stated "I had never seen a black doctor before I went to college."
عن تجربتها كأول فرد في عائلتها يرتاد كلية الطب، قالت "لم أرى أي طبيب أسود طوال حياتي إلى أن ذهبت إلى الجامعة."