Hear Dr. Laster’s inspiring story of her journey into medicine. She shares about growing up on the south side of Chicago, competing in beauty pageants, her love of singing (and a demo!), grappling with self-doubt in medical school, what she loves — and doesn’t — about her job as a kidney specialist for kids, and how she’s come to realize that even the best doctors aren’t necessarily smarter than her or anybody else (they just know how to work hard).
