♪♪ When I was 14, I knew I wanted to be a doctor.

But the only idea of college that I really had, because I was the first one to go, was, "Oh, you go to whatever school wants to give you a scholarship and you go play basketball."

College is super expensive, and I knew my family couldn't afford to take me to college.

Basketball, just like, focused me and, like, shifted my mindset to a different goal than people that I grew up with.

All right, so here's my white coat ceremony.

That's my little sister and my little brother.

And then my mom's in the middle.

This is Christmas, the first Christmas after my brother passed away.

He was murdered the June before I started medical school.

Throughout my life, I went to public schools and they never really prepared me for the next level.

College was hard.

I was not prepared for the workload at all.

But comin' into medical school, I'm like, "All I have to do is pass."

If I pass all my tests, I know I'll be a doctor.

My big ass fingers...

So this year I'll be applying to radiology for residency.

I'm still working on finishing up my personal statement, but I'm struggling right now.

Like, what picture do I choose?

Like, being conscious of, oh, if I wear my curly Afro, is that going to prevent me from a school like looking at that picture being like, "Oh, maybe we shouldn't interview this person."

I don't want, like, my hair to be something that would stop me from getting a interview.

A lot of people that look like me are the nurses in the hospital.

Even now, like in- if I'm on rotations, like, I'll get, "Oh... oh, my nurse said this, this and this," after they had a conversation with me.

Like we're not expected to be the doctors.

And I wanted to, like, push that boundary.

Representation matters.

It really matters.

-[Instructor] What are the first words that come to your mind when you think "opioid addiction"?

-[Le'Shauna] Everyone says residency is super hard and super demanding.

It's like one of the most challenging times of your career -- six-day work weeks and you're probably working 12-hour days.

They say medical school is where you get your degree, but residency is where you actually learn to be a doctor.

I think my top choices right now would be USC and Duke.

So I'm super excited about that.

So this is the park I grew up in.

Um, I learned how to play basketball here, climb trees, climb gates.

This is regular.

This is the sprinkler -- we'd cut this water on and we'd play, have water fights here.

Um, cut this hydrant on.

-This is the building I grew up in.

This is where I moved to -- right here, 104.

And this is where their father actually got killed.

Right here.

That store right there, their grandfather got killed when their father was small.

When they were small, their father got killed right here.

This is the spot where he fell...

Right here.

-I was seven.

-Seven.

Mm-hmm.

-Yup.

I heard the gunshots.

I was upstairs on the fifth floor.

-Yeah, she was up that apartment right there, up on the fifth floor.

-All right.

So what am I looking at?

And this is how you're ranking the residency programs?

-[Le'Shauna] Yes.

The actual radiology programs.

I already established that Duke is number one.

-You did establish that.

-I think if I land at any of my top six, I'll be fine.

So my plan for Match Day is to have my mom and boyfriend open up the envelope.

And if my results is in my top three, I'm gonna go back to my apartment with the rest of my family.

And just like with signing day with high school student-athletes, I'm going to pick a hat of which program I actually end up at.

-Four, three, two, one... Let's get it, guys.

I can.

-He's gonna tell me if it's my top three.

-Come on!

-Top three.

-Top three?

Bet, bet, bet.

Bet!

[Screaming happily] -All right, y'all ready?

-Yeah, we ready.

Aye... [laughs] Let's go!!

Number one!

[People cheering] -That's right.

I told you they wanted you, they wanted you.

I said they all wanted you.

[People speaking indistinctly] [Laughing] -So today I matched at my number one prelim program and my number one residency program, which is both Duke.

So we're movin' to Durham, North Carolina, this summer.

[ People cheering ] It's just cool to think of where I came from to get to the point that I am now.

-You had all the cards stacked against you.

Like, you could have stopped at any point, everyone would've been like, "Yeah, I get it."

But, like, you persevered through everything and... and, and, and... And did well at it, too!

It's not like you -- it's like, not like you just made it.

Like, you did well!

Aye, we did it!

[Cheering] ♪♪ [Knocking] -Dr. Phinazee.

So the plan is to probably get you home today if you... if the pain is pretty controlled and you're comfortable with goin' home.

And hopefully we're... get you out of here today, okay?

-All right.

-Okay.