Ethnicities Magazine - January 2017 - Issue N°7

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PERSONALITIES FACING GREAT CHALLENGES? YOU NEED EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS! INTERVIEW WITH DR. VANIA BARROW BY: ETHNICITIES We are grateful to Dr. Vania Barrow for this interview for Ethnicities Magazine, she is currently one of our columnists, who monthly submit health topics for our readers , now, Dr. Barrow is not only a dentist, she owns a specialty that not many have here in Panama, and we dare to assure that it is the only african descendant that has this specialty. Learn more about her through this interview. 25
Dr. Barrow, tell us about yourself. Who is Dr. Vania Barrow? What made you decide to take a career in health, specifically in dentistry? First of all, thanks to Ethnicities for letting me be part of this project and my congratulations on the initiative. Well, Vania Barrow is a girl from Parque Lefevre, daughter of professional parents, coming from a family that was very present in the ups and downs that life gives and that we’re always striving to give us the best opportunities and teachings, to both my sister and me. As for why a career in health, as a child I feel that I used to frequent doctors and the dentists a lot, and I liked that environment and its odors; besides I was in interceptive orthodontic treatment from age 6 and then brackets. Also at age 11 I suffered second degree burns in the middle of my left arm so I also frequented a lot of health institutions. From a very young age I knew that I wanted to be related to health, clarifying that nobody in my family was related to health. At the moment of applying to the University of Panama my 3 options were Medicine, Dentistry and Architecture, because even though it was a fact that I liked everything related to health, I also liked drawing and doing models in school and mathematics. I did the 3 tests, I passed the one of Dentistry and Architecture, however, I did not pass the one for Medicine. Of course I felt sad and defeated in a certain way because I did not passed my first option, but I went ahead and enrolled in Dentistry that I also liked. opportunity to take a diploma in oral surgery at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which purpose was to strengthen my knowledge and prepare me to present in the test for residence in maxillofacial surgery. I was happy, excited about my classes and that was what I wanted to do, until one day, one of the classes was about maxillofacial prosthesis. They explained what this specialty was about, they showed us pictures of before and after patients and videos of patient testimonials and I fell in love. That day I left classes so identified with what I had seen, asking questions like, why I had never seen this before? I finished my oral surgery diploma, pleased with what I had learned and my teachers and colleagues encouraged me, “Vania, you are ready to take the test, you will do very well.” But inside of me, I did not feel calm, until when the registration period for the test was approaching, I said out loud to myself, I no longer want to be a maxillofacial surgeon, I want to be a Maxillofacial Protester. I called my parents and talked to them, and thank God they supported me as they always do, they understood that it was not a fad of mine, the truth is, i don’t know how to explain it, but it was a very strong feeling that grew the more I read about the topic. It was what I always wanted to do, not only work on the health of the body, but also making sure that mind and heart, are the best possible too. After I came back to Panama, I finished my internship, I worked for a year to gain experience and money, meanwhile I was getting information of What is your specialization, in which year did you made your studies on it? I am a Maxillofacial Prosthesis Specialist. How did I become a Maxillofacial Protest? It was a coincidence of life; Although they say that there are no coincidences and everything happens for a reason. At the end of my dental studies at the University of Panama in 2006 I wanted to study maxillofacial surgery. Thank God my parents gave me the
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