Student Series: Passion and perseverance – Leah-Monique Dowling's winning combo for a tough journey to medicine

She was told to lower her sights, that medicine was too big a stretch. But that just made Leah-Monique Dowling all the more determined to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor – and that’s despite the years spent in foster care while her parents struggled with physical and mental health issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.