Season 2 Episode #29 Her Inspirational Teacher - Motherhood, with Dr. Carline Crevecoeur!

Send us Fan MailSeason 2 Episode #29 Carline Crevecoeur coming Boalsburg, PennsylvaniaYou can find our guest via her website carlinecrevecoeur.com or via Instagram @crevey22Dr. Carline Crevecoeur is a Haitian-American retired board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. Dr. Crevecoeur attended St. John’s University, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry. She received her medical degree from Downstate Medical School, where she went on to complete her obstetric and gynecological training. Her medical concentration was in perinatology, where she researched lung development in premature infants. She also worked extensively with breast cancer patients and victims of sexual violence. During her residency training, she traveled to Haiti, where she worked in the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince and assisted in medical procedures. She returned to Haiti in 2010, after the earthquake, to help with disaster relief efforts. After 20 years of medical service in New York and Pennsylvania, Dr. Crevecoeur gave up her career to raise and homeschool her five children. Although she had planned to return to her beloved profession after her children were grown, a cancer diagnosis in 2012 sidelined her plans and forced her to retire.  Being a mover and shaker, Dr. Crevecoeur used her time as a retiree to look back at her life and became an author.  Her book, Pressure Makes Diamonds, is an inspiring memoir describing her journey and her choice to homeschool her five children.Dr. Crevecoeur is a two-time cancer survivor. She speaks fluent French and Creole, enjoys reading, running, and listening to music while tending to her garden.  Dr. Crevecoeur, thanks for your invaluable service to patients all over the world, thanks for dedicating your life to your children and guiding them to give back to the world, as you have, and thanks for taking time out of your day to be our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredient, Welcome to the show.TOTD – “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” – Mahatma GandhiIn this episode:What was life like growing up?Growing up with a family of five…The VALUE of education… Would you say being born in a foreign country, perhaps made you value the opportunity a little more.   Sometimes it seems like WE (students in the US) maybe don’t VALUE our educational opportunities the same?  Talk about foreign exchange students…School Board work and the importance of your message about quality education for all studentsHow did you decide to homeschool your children?The importance of LISTENING and really understanding our children…you did an amazing job with listening to your children…how can we apply that to mainstream educationMindset and how you approach life… excitement, opportunity to grow and learn…Let’s get into your book, Congrats!!! PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS, please tell us about the journey of writing it and how great it must feel to have that as a family heirloomLegacy