Dana

Hello everybody!!! My name is Dana and I am very excited about tutoring and giving students the opportunity to fulfill their dream to become doctors. Aim high and never get tired of achieving your dreams is my mantra.

A start in life signed by trauma and many difficult other circumstances could have represented the word end to the perspective of aiming high. Many people around me kept reminding me to “keep it simple and stay low”. I did not listen.

I worked very hard to get to the level of achievement that would have made me go to places I wanted to be. And I did it with some tears, and by changing two countries from my original native country of Italy. But mostly I did with the joy of knowing that one day I would have GOT THERE.

BSc and MSc in Political theory at LSE

PhD and Postdoctoral Research Appointment in Bioethics at Princeton University. Being the youngest, only female and foreign member of the Department of Politics in Princeton, working with and learning from some of the biggest bioethicists alive gave me the sheer pleasure of thinking “I HAVE ACHIEVED MY DREAMS”.

Then severe illness stroke, I become unable to work at the usual standards that had given me success and happiness. A need to reinvent one’s life and start afresh materialised.

After recovering from illness, mid-late thirties, my journey towards medicine has started. At thirty plus I attended College to achieve A-Levels in Biology, Chemistry and Maths with best result of the year for Chemistry.
Prepared for GAMSAT and received high scores the very first time sitting.
Received 4 interviews and 2 offers in total.

AND THE DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR IS BECOMING A REALITY.

I AM QUITE AN UNUSUAL MED STUDENT. AGE, ILLNESS and TRAUMA have not defied me.

MY GOAL IS TO HELP YOU, PROSPECTIVE MEDICAL STUDENTS, TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAM OF GETTING INTO MED SCHOOL. IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC JOURNEY TO DO TOGETHER SHARING THE PASSION AND JOY THAT GO WITH THE ADVENTURE OF BECOMING A DOCTOR.