“I think I would have found the path to a medical career wherever I went to school, but the path and growth that I found in diversity is something that I would have only found at OES.”
HOLLY LANGLEY HOME ON NICOL ROAD
When Holly Langley arrived at OES in the fifth grade she had already attended nine different schools in three different countries. Tese experiences set her up for a leadership role as her new school started taking an active approach with diversity topics. “Being a foreigner, and having moved a lot, I never realized
how many facets and areas of diversity I could commit to, relate to, and be involved with,” said Holly. “In England we never had any discussions about diversity or any workshops so that was really eye-opening when I came here.” Holly attended her first diversity conference through
the Northwest Association of Independent Schools in the eighth grade and after that she looked for ways to take on a leadership role with the school. Te best way was through the annual Culture Shock day. Over the years she has seen great growth in the OES community around the event. “I feel proud of the community and I feel a sense of satisfaction because I know I have been a part of it,” she said. “But the feeling is more like a sense of reassurance that the community is still willing to learn and make the changes we are doing.” Traveling to a lot of different countries allowed Holly to become more aware of people who had different backgrounds and experiences than herself, and also set her on her future career path. During her sophomore year she was on a trip with her father to China as part of Little Hearts Medical. While there, she
watched as her father, a pediatric cardiac surgeon, performed a surgery with a Chinese surgeon on a two-year-old orphan boy. “I grew up wanting to be in the medical field,” said
Holly. “But then I also want a family. I hit a period in my life where I didn’t know if I could have both. So I was beginning to think that maybe that career path wasn’t for me.” Holly had never seen a surgery before and during the
procedure they had to stop the boy’s heart to repair it. “Here I was, standing right next to this little baby who was on
a table,” she said. “I was not only able to witness a bridge between two places where medicine was very different, but also see this incredible medical procedure. It was moving and inspiring.” In that moment Holly knew that despite many years of training and challenges that would face her in the medical field, she wanted to be a doctor to help other people. In the fall she will be attending Dartmouth College and eventually will study pediatrics at medical school. “Being at OES for this long, it really feels like my home,” said
Holly. “I think I would have found the path to a medical career wherever I went to school, but the path and growth that I found in diversity is something that I would have only found at OES.”
During Holly’s time at OES she attended 10 diversity conferences in four cities, including the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Indianapolis. She also led a workshop during Winterim.
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