Coming from a small village, I was the grandson of a carpenter and the son of a shopkeeper and a housewife. My family was very caring, I told them I wanted to be a doctor and they encouraged me to pursue my goals and did everything in their power to help me achieve them. I worked hard, stayed focused, and got accepted to medical school. Being a medical student has been more interesting than I could have imagined. I studied well, was among the top students in my class, and enjoyed every single aspect of my life in medical school. On the last day of my fourth year of medical school, I received a phone call from my brother telling me that my one-year-old nephew had lost consciousness after severe vomiting and dehydration. They rushed him to a nearby hospital and when I arrived he was already in a coma. The tears in the eyes of my brother and the rest of my family were hard to bear. He was initially diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis and did not regain consciousness for a week and by the time he did, he had suffered severe brain damage. After discharge, he had several similar episodes with normal blood sugar levels, which doctors described as the honeymoon period for the disease. Eventually my family was advised to go to the city for a second medical opinion. There he was correctly diagnosed with organic acidemia. The doctors showed compassion, explained the disease and recommended a dietary modification to prevent future episodes, but unfortunately nothing could be done about his neurological symptoms. After a few months my nephew suffered another serious episode and could not resist. We had been close, his sweet and innocent smile was always waiting for me. His passing left me a strong message, his “Dr. Uncle”, to become the best doctor p...... middle of paper ...... further strengthened my communication skills, clinical reasoning, integrative thinking, as well as my determination not only to pursue but to excel in specialization and contribute to the system. Given my interest in multidisciplinary patient care, I strongly believe that internal medicine is the best fit for me as it will allow me to use my diagnostic and reasoning skills to care for a wide range of patients. It will provide me with excellent skills and opportunities to fulfill my obligation to give back to my community at some point in my life. I am therefore very enthusiastic about making it my profession. I believe that acceptance into your graduate program will provide me with the key to unlocking the door to a field that nurtures my curiosity and provides an environment in which I can understand how to use modern medical advances to care for each patient to the best of my ability. capacity.