We came a long way, to meet halfway...

Oh gosh, the story is not too long, but I do not like talking about myself... and who does???

Well, my name is Rachel; I’m a Brazilian girl with great dreams and even greater determination of making them real.

I came from a poor background and I’m not ashamed of saying it because it made me who I am today.

One of the biggest examples of a big dream and great determination was when I started day dreaming about coming to America. I was in high school at the time and some friends at school were coming to America to finish high school. I knew I could not afford it, there was no way I ever be able to afford it. That did not stop me. I went on with my life and waited until the right opportunity came and here I am today!

Now it’s time to talk about my husband (love doing that)! His name is Joshua; he is a 3^rd year med. student at LECOM in Bradenton, FL. We met in North Carolina, where he was born and raised. Josh had just graduated college at the time and was just starting his preps for Medical School. After applying to several schools (LECOM being one of them) he got accepted and we decided to move to Florida.

So here is the story of two different souls, with completely different backgrounds, finding ourselves in the middle –literary- I never imagined it actually being possible to even come to America and he never imagined himself actually leaving North Carolina.