Indira Rao

Immunology Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania

Immunology Graduate (Doctoral) Student, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA

When trials morph into triumphs

Out of a sense of mutiny about the world around me, I decided to fail the final exams of my Bachelors’ degree. It was my way of rejecting the life imagined for me by others. This would be a big gamble, but there was an odd sense of quiet self-assurance that stayed with me. Unfortunately, nobody else in my world at the time would understand my resolution or my reasons, but it was something I had to do to discover who I really was.