New Orleans: Feb 2005

With my mom, Barbara Ann Johnson, in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, La on Feb. 15, 2005. She drove down to visit me from our hometown of Lafayette, LA. to visit me for my interview at Tulane University School of Medicine. I was living in New York, completing my last rotations of medical school and was invited to fly down for the interview at Tulane.
She will proudly tell ya' that she was born in the "piney woods" of Louisiana, and that her father was a rancher and a farmer! My mom is an English Literature high school teacher for 25 years; she also teaches Greek Mythology, Theology, and Shakespeare (which she can quote effortlessly). Nonetheless, she has been a true and sincere supporter of my medical career, both psychologically and financially: med school can, at times, be difficult to handle because of the long hours we work and the difficult patient cases we handle, and it is certainly very, very expensive. So, again, I am eternally thankful to have such a supportive mom by my side, as you can see here!