Patricia Vinocur

Patricia Vinocur (My hero) (My camera)

A pediatrician, as well as a full time mom, is my hero. Patricia Vinocur, can save the day while spending quality time with her off-spring. She is determined and never gives up without a fight. This is the kind of person I look up to and hope to become someday.

Mrs. Vinocur immigrated from Argentina to America at the age of eight. She explained to me that her parents wanted a better life for her and her two younger siblings. She exclaimed, “I am very grateful to live in the United States!” There was one negative to moving to America, that was living in poverty. She worked for everything and never let the lack of money get in her way. Of course, she never had the most fashionable or high class brand clothes and never ate caviar, but she was very much grateful for the clothes she received every blue moon.

As the years passed, she kept thinking about college. Her biggest dream was to become a pediatrician, not a waitress, not a car washer but a pediatrician. This was when she really started to think about how she could afford to pay for a superior college. Then she decided to go into the military so they would pay for her schooling. The thing she always stuck to was, “just because you come from an underprivileged background does not mean that you can not be successful.” There was one special person that influenced her to be a doctor and made sure she would conquer her dream. This was her grandfather who lived in Argentina and was a famous family doctor. He actually had a street named after him and that is how well known he was. She tells me that he worked days and night taking care of his patients which she admired. She thought he was so devoted to his work and patients and she wanted to be like him. When she finally did get her own medical practice she named it after him, “Miyara Pediatrics.”

Now, she is a mother of two and a compassionate wife. Most importantly she is a wonderful pediatrician. When I asked her what keeps her going back to her work, she replied that she loves kids and, “wants to make a difference in their lives.” She also exclaimed that she loves bringing smiles to adolescents’ faces and loves the challenge of curing their illness. Even though her life is almost perfect, she said there is one thing that she would change. Sometimes it seems work is her life instead of her family. She gets very emotional when she gets home so late that her children are already asleep or worse yet, when she does not come home at all. Sometimes it is only during the weekends that we actually get an opportunity to talk. She stated, “Family is everything, without them life has no meaning.”

My mother is an idol to me. No matter what happened or how hard she had to work, she persevered and finally accomplished her life long goals. She never let anyone get in her way, and if she failed once, she kept on trying. Not only is she a wonderful mother but she is an awesome doctor. I have been there and observed what she does. No matter how late it is, she sees all her patients while the other doctors leave. I will always remember her saying, “Appreciate life, you never know when it could be taken away.”