Personal Narrative: My Medical Mission Trip To The Dominican Republic

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The summer after my freshman year, I had the opportunity to serve on a week-long medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Throughout the week, I had the opportunity to use my Spanish and help communicate with the Dominicans. It was amazing to witness the scale of poverty that is in the world. Despite their destitute situation, the native people were grateful and amazingly positive. We held five clinics in five different cities. One day, I had the opportunity to triage the patients. As part of this role, I spent a decent part of the day playing with the young kids who were waiting. Their smiles and excitement were overwhelming despite their situation and it made me realize how much emphasis our society places on material goods, status,

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