The story of how I came into this world inspires me to become an Obstetrician Gynecologist because I am determined to pay it forward. My parents come from a traditional African household where males are seen as superior and this fueled my father's passion for a son. But what my father didn't know was that his dream was soon to be deferred yet again because my mother was pregnant with me, her third girl to be exact, and still no son. My mother knew from previous ultimatums that my father would force her to abort me if he found out it was another girl, so she united with her obstetrician gynecologist to keep my gender a secret from my father. This risk and unimaginable act of kindness the obstetrician gynecologist did for my mother saved my life
