In my CASPA personal statement, I wrote about my parents, who are my role models and inspiration for pursuing a career in the medical field. They were immigrants from China and taught me Chinese, my first language. When I was a child, I spoke almost exclusively in Chinese until I started preschool. After I started school, I worked diligently to improve my English. Years of hard work paid off and I became fluent in English but, unfortunately, my Chinese language skills diminished. Because my parents are immigrants, their English is limited so I often act as their translator. They were unable to help me with my schoolwork because it was all in English so I relied heavily on my own problem-solving skills. At a young age, I started to translate
