Dr. Luis Garcia

And, you know, she was a nurse.

And I was doing endoscopy, and she was giving sedation to the patients.

I kid with her that she gave me sedation that day, and I ended up asking her out.

But, you know, in all being serious about this, I mean, the first thing that I recognized is that she was a phenomenal nurse.

And I never thought that she would pay attention to me because she was so out of my league.

But, you know, we developed a good working relationship and we got to understand each other at different levels, have great conversations.

And we both recognized that what we appreciated of each other was the content of the relationship.

It was, of course, we liked each other physically, but that was never what led.

It was always about relationships.

Yeah, so IEP, the International Esperanza Project, is a non-for-profit that a couple of friends and I founded.

And it was based on providing humanitarian and medical help to poor countries, particularly in Central America and particularly Guatemala.

And, you know, I've always had that in my blood because with my father, my mom and dad are Rotarians.

And through Rotary International, I was always exposed to helping people and finding ways to raise funds and help people.

Then a college friend of mine one time called me.

It's like, hey, Luis, I'm putting together a mission team to go to Guatemala City, and I need a surgeon.

So I need you.

And his name is Jorge Corona.

He's an oculoplastic surgeon in Dallas.

I was like, oh, Jorge, you know, I'm super busy.

I don't have time.