Dr. Luis Garcia

I said, I am going to go to North Dakota.

I'll see you Monday, wherever you tell me.

And I didn't know where North Dakota was.

I didn't know what it meant to travel from Mexico City to Fargo, North Dakota.

But guess what?

I showed up Monday morning in the middle of a blizzard.

The disposition to take that step forward, the fact that they were able to see me in person, the fact that I got to know me in a more broader way than the phone interview made them change their mind about ranking.

And like that, there was another instance, for example, where, by the way, they gave me one year of preliminary training.

So I finished the year, and the program director calls me.

He's like, well, Luis, I have good news for you and bad news.

I said, yeah.

He says, well, the good news is that everybody wants you to stay for the categorical.

The bad news is that the ECFMG, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, they do not want to sponsor your visa because you need to start again, and they feel that you're retroceding in your training.

So I go with the program administrator.

They tell me that the answer is no.

I asked to talk to the ECFMG.

She tells me, no, we're not calling.

So once again, I'm like, Michelle, please let me talk to them.

Let me just make a case.

So reluctantly, she calls the ECFMG.