1 . Miki Kitamura was in tears the day she visited the student support office at Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan. _______ , she told them that she couldn’t pay for her second semester studies to become a medical doctor.

Her father died in February 2018, leaving her family in _______debt, which was a big burden. Her mother has disabilities and can’t speak well. Miki became the head of the household, working part-time and _______to support her family while studying to become a doctor.

_______ her struggles, Miki always dreamed of becoming a doctor. As a child, she had been in hospital several times. “I was scared. _______, there were nurses who comforted me all the time when I cried,” she_______. “These kind words were very comforting to me.” Their _______ left an impression on Miki, who decided to help other people the same way. “I wanted to feel connected with people,” she says, “and I feel like helping other people by making use of the_______ I gained. What I determined to do was to be a medical doctor. Not only am I learning medical knowledge and skills, but also how to understand the needs and _______ of patients.”

With the help of Women’s Opportunity Award, she was ________ of finishing medical school. Graduating in March 2020, she planned to ________ her clinical training near her mother’s house, so that she could ________ her mother while working as a resident doctor. Miki is ________ for the award, making it possible to realize her________of becoming a doctor, supporting her family and giving back to society. “I will do what I can to become a doctor like the ones I ________when I was a child.”