Learning Spanish
My preceptor sent me into a patient room, telling me, “When you come out, I want you to tell me what country the patient is from.” I had just begun my family medicine rotation with Dr. Alberto Rodriguez in his practice in Hartford, Connecticut.
As a middle school student, I’d chosen Spanish as a second language from a purely practical standpoint: in the U.S., I was pretty sure I’d be more likely to encounter a Spanish-speaking person than a French-speaking person. Over time, I became passionate about continuing to improve my Spanish conversational ability.