Persistence and determination is all you need. Regardless of how talented you are, you need these two virtues to succeed and make your dreams come true. It was a pleasure to interview a talented doctor who started her journey from Cameroon in West Africa at a very young age with just a dream to study Medicine in Italy. With the right preparation and opportunity presenting itself, she realised her dream of becoming a medical doctor. She went further to break barriers by becoming a medical surgeon. I hope that her story will inspire and motivate you as you listen to this remarkable interview as Dr. Evelyn Nkem uses her life as a classroom.