Against All Odds: Persevering as a Minority Woman to Earn a Doctorate

My chemistry instructor's words cut through me like a blade: “College is not for you.” I was 20 years old, struggling to complete a lab class in an associate degree program in nursing, and those words felt like the final nail in the coffin of my dreams. As I stood there, I could feel the weight of her judgment, as though my future had already been decided. But deep down, I knew she was wrong.

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Dean and Provost
Published
2025-02-27
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https://doi.org/10.1002/dap.31483
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Diversity and Career in Medicine
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Against All Odds: Persevering as a Minority Woman to Earn a Doctorate

Lyn C. Thomas
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Diversity and Career in Medicine
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Against All Odds: Persevering as a Minority Woman to Earn a Doctorate

Lyn C. Thomas
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Abstract

My chemistry instructor's words cut through me like a blade: “College is not for you.” I was 20 years old, struggling to complete a lab class in an associate degree program in nursing, and those words felt like the final nail in the coffin of my dreams. As I stood there, I could feel the weight of her judgment, as though my future had already been decided. But deep down, I knew she was wrong.

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