>> elaine deleon: definitely not. ( laughs ) definitely not. >> deleon: we are looking for pericholecysticstahl: her family is originally from the dominican republic. her dad is a retired chef. her mother died years ago. she agonized over her dream of being a doctor because of the cost. how much did you have to borrow for your first year? >> deleon: i borrowed $76,000, and if i were to pay that off in-- on a ten-year plan, it would be $100,000 by the time i paid it off. >> stahl: wow. and that's just your first year. >> deleon: that's just my first year. >> stahl: it's unfathomable. >> deleon: yeah. but i think that ultimately, like, a life of serving is more important to me. and that's really-- what-- what, like, cinched it. that i-- i needed to pursue this, despite the debt that i would be accruing. >> stahl: elaine's ambition is to be a primary-care doctor treating poor people, but she says that the debt burden forced her to consider a different choice. >> deleon: of course you hear the, like, s-- prime specialties, where you get paid the most. so you hear dermatology, you hear surgery,