We asked some of the brightest folks from within the community to reflect back on their days in school and to share with us a story of when they learned a particularly important or impactful lesson. We’ve shared highlights below.

Empress Goonie

One of the most important lessons I learned was at ICPHS (Imagine College Prep High School). I used to get suspended a lot, which caused me to miss half a credit when it was time to graduate. That taught me a lesson of consequences and time. This lesson has been important in my life’s journey to be mindful of my actions and that time goes. Read more>>

Matthew Graham

In middle school, I learned something about myself that has contributed to my growth as a husband, father, and attorney. In seventh grade, I had a class that comprised of four tests. I studied extremely hard for the first test and felt comfortable with the material. To my surprise, I received a poor grade on the first test. I was upset and disappointed in myself to say the least. However, rather than spending an excessive amount of time and energy reflecting on what went wrong, I sat in the classroom after receiving my score and began writing calculations in my notebook on the scores I needed on the remaining tests to obtain the grade I wanted in the class. Read more>>

Chloe Cox

During graduate school many of us had an idea of what population we wanted to focus on and work with. I’m not sure I was really one of those people. I was trying to gain as much knowledge as possible about all sorts of specialties to find what was going to be my path. During this time I had a professor who suggested to the class to work with a population that is found to be difficult for most clinicians. Something that most people wouldn’t want to work in. The concept was that this population would give you the most experience possible and make you a better clinician in the process. Read more>>