Hi everyone,

I’m a medical student currently halfway through my training, and I’m going to be disenrolled in August due to a remaining $6,000 tuition balance.

Breakdown:

• $6,000 remaining tuition (out of $20,000 total; $14,000 already paid)

To stay enrolled, I have already:

• used my entire personal savings
• liquidated my retirement funds
• taken out additional personal loans

At this point, I do not have additional financial resources to draw from.

I’m a first-generation American. My parents came to the U.S. after fleeing communist Eastern Europe, and I grew up with a strong sense of responsibility early in life.

When my mother passed away from leukemia and my father later suffered a major heart attack, I became the person holding things together while still trying to move forward in my own life.

I worked for years in the restaurant industry in nearly every role, from dishwasher to management, to support myself and keep going.

Eventually, I became a registered nurse and spent nearly a decade in high-acuity cardiac and kidney care. I worked in high-pressure environments, supported patients in critical moments, and trained newer nurses while continuing to build my own skills in practice.

Later, I made the decision to return to medical school. I’m now halfway through training, doing well academically, and it feels like my dream is being ripped from my fingers.

I’m not asking because this path is easy...it hasn’t been. I’m asking because I’ve reached a hard financial stopping point after exhausting everything, I had available to stay enrolled.

If you are able to help in any way, whether through a donation or simply sharing this, I would be deeply grateful.

GoFundMe link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-diana-stay-in-medical-school/cl/o?utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_control-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I’m halfway through medical school and I just found out I’m at risk of being disenrolled this semester because I’m $12,000 short on tuition and housing.

I’ve already done everything I can to stay enrolled...I’ve used my savings (including retirement funds), taken out personal loans, and stretched everything as far as it will go. But I’ve hit a point where I simply can’t close the gap on my own.

The breakdown is:

• $6,000 tuition
• $6,000 housing

If I can’t cover this soon, I may be forced to pause my medical training right before I begin clinical rotations this September.

I didn’t come to medicine easily. I’m a first-generation American, and my family came here as refugees from Eastern Europe. I worked for years in restaurants, eventually became a registered nurse, and spent nearly a decade at the bedside caring for patients with kidney and heart failure. After that, I took the leap to pursue medical school full-time.

I’m now so close to finishing!! But I’ve reached a financial wall I can’t get past alone.

If you’re able to help in any way, even a small donation or just sharing this post, I would be deeply grateful.

GoFundMe link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-diana-stay-in-medical-school/cl/o?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_control-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US

Thank you for reading this and for any support.