The Day I Quit Medicine.

Maria Rebello-Valdez, MPH
5 min readJan 27, 2021
This doctor quit medicine. It saved her life. (kevinmd.com)

It was January 4th, 2021. I had just had two great weeks of vacation. I had the blessing of seeing my parents and siblings on Christmas day during a pandemic, spend my second Christmas with my Fiancé, spend our first Christmas with our dogs and most of all, spend it healthy. I had it good. Then why did I cry the morning of Jan 4th, 2021? Because I realized I was burned out, exhausted and unhappy.

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Maria Rebello-Valdez, MPH

Contributor writer for Medium and former contributor writer for HuffPost. I focus on disparities in education and medicine. #Latina #Hispana #Medicine