At 16, I wanted to quit school after years in foster care. Then my biology teacher, Mrs. Langston, believed I could become a doctor.<\/p>\n
She helped me through high school, college, and medical school. Twelve years later, at my graduation, she handed me a white coat that once belonged to her daughter, who had died 15 years earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI refused to let the love I gave her disappear,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n
She became my family. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At 16, I wanted to quit school after years in foster care. Then my biology teacher, Mrs. Langston, believed I could become a doctor. She helped me through high school, college, and medical school. Twelve years later, at my graduation, she handed me a white coat that once belonged to her daughter, who had died…<\/p>\n