Oct 15 2019 32 mins
Chelesa Fearce grew up homeless in Atlanta throughout high school. Even in the midst of that hardship, she was a dedicated student and graduated as the valedictorian of her class. She is pursuing a dual degree in medicine at Yale University. In this episode:
- Pursuing dual degrees in medical school in research and child psychiatry
- Living in and out of homeless shelters and hotels for eight years as a teenager
- Moving to Mississippi when her mother was diagnosed with cancer
- The worst experience she had from homelessness
- Recognizing her duty as a role model to her younger siblings
- Why Chelesa looks up to her mother
- Receiving a full scholarship to Spelman College
- Why Chelesa chose Yale for medical school among many other elite schools she was accepted to
- Her key to limiting stress while creating an environment of meaningful studying
- Why she wants to become a child psychiatrist: to give a voice to children who can’t speak up for themselves, and to design medical drugs that help kids throughout the world
- Her advice to other homeless people: It is temporary, it is not your identity, and you deserve to be loved
You can follow Chelesa on Instagram and Facebook @chelesafearce