I would like to begin by stating that I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at the age of 15. Although I struggled to understand the magnitude and repercussions, I was able to acknowledge the barrier that was blatantly illustrated by my peers. Fortunately, this created incentive to work hard, graduate at the top of my class, and become the first in my family to earn my degree. But, the biggest obstacle was yet to come; in retrospect, it wasn’t the near-death experiences in the ICU over the duration of the last 6 years, the rapid cycle of experimentation with prescription medication, but my biggest difficulty was my lack of identity. After high school, it became easy to use my disability as a crutch, and pursue my family’s desires by pursuing a career
