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I am currently completing my masters degree at the Yale School of Medicine's Physician Associate program and about to start a job in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. It took me a while to get here, and I worked for a company that imports books from Latin America along the way. My Spanish has been incredibly helpful in my interactions with patients. I am able to hear the story without the distortions of a translator, and patients seem to be more trusting of me because I have made the effort to learn and speak their language.