Lady Becomes 1st Doctor in Her Family, Shares Photo of Where She Wrote Her Dream 10 Years Before

Lady Becomes 1st Doctor in Her Family, Shares Photo of Where She Wrote Her Dream 10 Years Before

  • A lady, Uyiosa Ogunbor, has achieved a rare feat in her family after writing the dream down a decade ago
  • Before she got admission into the university, the young lady faced several rejections from many schools
  • While an undergraduate, she founded a company to help prospective medical experts, an outfit that succeeded

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A lady identified as Uyiosa Ogunbor has achieved the dream she wrote down 10 years ago as she became a medical doctor.

In a LinkedIn post, she said the path to success was fraught with many difficulties. In 2016, she was rejected four times from different schools before she sought opportunities abroad.

Nigerian lady becomes the first doctor in her family, says her 10-year dream came true
The lady revealed she wrote her dream down 10 years ago. Photo source: LinkedIn/Uyiosa Ogunbor
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Schools that had earlier rejected her soon called her back for interviews. As a student, the lady revealed that she also learned financial literacy along the way.

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Uyiosa founded a company called Medsimple as an undergraduate. The outfit mentors and provide resources for aspiring medical professionals.

The victorious lady said though starting a business was so much rough, in retrospect, she was glad she took the step then.

The young lady appreciated people who offered various support to her along the way and those who accepted her business pitches.

At the time of writing this report, her post has gathered over 2,000 comments with more than 28,000 likes.

Briefly News compiled some of them below:

Mercedes Hernández Estrada said:

"I remember you well as a teenager and I knew then that you had the potential and drive to do great things with your life. This is one of many successes… I am sure. Enjoy it and celebrate your talent, sharing it with the world!"

Alexis Robinson said:

"Girlllll those coloured pens and this handwriting was popping as young ones lol congrats girl!"

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Sarah Rogers said:

"Fantastic news Uyiosa. Many congratulations."

EziDrops EziDrops said:

"Heartiest Congratulations."

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Another 1st in the family for one amazing graduate

Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that a pretty young lady, Nimco Essa, broke a record in her lineage as she became the first female graduate.

Taking to social media with her graduation photos, the lady praised God for the wonderful success.

She captioned the snaps with:

"First woman in my family’s history to graduate college. Alhamdulilah."

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Kelly Lippke (Senior Editor) Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 14 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.

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