A lot of people call it propaganda,
Plaza de la Revolucion
and I think it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever participated in. I just finished my first year of medical school at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba. My school has around 3000 students from over 20 countries around the world. All of my classes are in Spanish. I share a room with about 12 other girls. I sleep under a mosquito net. I love every minute.
Danny Glover and I at Escuela Latina Americana de Medicina
Well, not every minute. Medical school is hard, and extremely humbling. Imagine the work you do on a daily basis, and then think about doing it in spanish. This is like boot camp a lot of the time; it is very challenging. To me this is all worth it because the training we get is based on the belief that health care is a human right. No one deserves better quality health care simply because they can pay more. To many people here in the United States, that’s immoral. My fellow students agree, and we are part of a movement to ensure that people everywhere are entitled to quality health care no matter what race, sex, or economic class they belong to.
The school does it’s part by making sure that every student who is studying at the school is there for free. They pay for our books, room and board. The only thing I need financially is money for the medical boards and the travel fare. Unfortunately the US Embargo against Cuba makes our travel a little difficult, but the challenges that I have faced this year have only made it more exciting for me to participate in the movement for free health care for all. I hope y’all are in this fight with us, cause we are giving it our all!
