‘Dreamer’ Raised In Georgia — Now A Med Student — Feels Shut Out

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November 15th, 2018

Belsy Garcia Manrique has a goal of becoming a doctor who can bridge the cultural gulf that exists between minority patients and the medical establishment. For most of her life, U.S. immigration policy effectively blocked her path to medical school. She continues to pursue her dream, even if it doesn’t lead her back to Georgia.

Courtesy of Georgia Health News

This is the fifth and final article in our series on foreign-born doctors in Georgia. Previous articles focused on Indian-born physicians; obstacles that these doctors face in order to practice in Georgia; a clinic for immigrant patients; and Muslim physicians. 

Back in 2009, Belsy Garcia Manrique was studying as an undergrad at Mercer University in Macon when her younger sister called.

It was about their mother.

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