Monika Gasiorek: "My White Coat Means"

MY WHITE COAT MEANS HUMILITY

I have a love-hate relationship with my white coat. On the one hand, it empowers me to learn, serve, and advocate. On the other, it sets me apart from the individuals I wish to sit and speak with eye to eye, hand in hand. Nonetheless, through this conflict I have found compromise on one notion: that it is an extraordinary privilege to be invited into the lives of others, and an immense task to be worthy of their trust. 

-Monika Gasiorek, MD Candidate, Class of 2019