As a foreigner growing up in a different country and attending college for the first time in the United States, it was important to create an opportunity to pursue a career in the healthcare profession. Some of the obstacles I faced early in my college career were English as a second language, time management, and working full-time while earning a degree. However, last but most importantly, being a good mother trying to juggle everything. Living in Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda for much of my academic life presented me with a great challenge when I came to the United States. As an immigrant, my spoken English was not well developed. Being originally from the Caribbean, English is not our primary language and I had little to no practice speaking it. When I spoke with professors and other students I was aware of the fact that I sounded different, that perhaps I had pronounced the wrong words or that perhaps they were not understood. Furthermore, in Jamaica slang is used both in conversation and in writing. It was an adjustment for me to speak one way and write another. No...