“I know that I have a finite amount of time once I get out into practice and I really want it to matter.”What makes former equities and bond trader on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and the owner of a finance company decide to pursue a career in medicine? For Kim, a third year medical student here at #UUSOM, her mother’s cancer diagnosis became the premise for her transformation into a non-traditional medical student. We talk about the challenges older student’s face, the advantages in being one, and what her focus has been throughout her first three years of medical school.