When I started medical school here four years ago, never in my wildest dreams would I have expected a complete stranger to be so generous as to donate a scholarship award to help me fund my education. To all the donors, I’d like to remind you just how extraordinary you are in my eyes – for believing in me and all of the scholarship recipients, for having faith in us and believing in our ability to succeed.
I was thrilled and honored to be chosen for this scholarship, but also to see that a physician in the community so strongly values my nursing background. I would like to send my endless gratitude to [Barnett] and his family for this generous gift, and to assure him that I will always remember my roots as a nurse to provide my patients with compassion and to be a positive force in the face of illness.
Thanks to the Cecile and Seymour Alpert, MD, Medical School Scholarship, Dalya was able to heed that calling and make her dream of becoming a physician a reality.
Embarking on the journey to become a physician was a long and difficult path,” she says, “but knowing that my hard work and accomplishments have been recognized through this scholarship is extremely rewarding.
