Their parents wore the badge, they chose the stethoscope
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WESTERN BUREAU: When 24-year-old Ashli McCarthy arrived in Guyana four years ago, she knew almost nobody, had no local currency, and carried little more than her ambition to become a doctor. “All I had was my Scotiabank card and a dream,” she recalled. Today, the Montego Bay native is in her fifth and final year at the University of Guyana, having navigated homesickness, financial challenges and the demands of medical school with the support of her parents and a close-knit community of Jamaican
