junot mulvaney and milford clark , who were they? dr. blackstone: dr.trician, a black woman and i talk about how growing up my mother would take us -- she was in leadership roles in black organizations and she would take my sister and me to the meetings so i was exposed to what it means to be a black physician at an early age. dr. mulvaney was well known and respected, someone who had been caring for me and my sister since we were babies. mildred clark is an ob/gyn on our block in crown heights, the only neighborhood we lived in. what i did not realize was i had a rare experience being surrounded by black women physicians to the point where i thought most physicians were black women until i got to college and recognized most students did not look like me. these women were role models to me just like my mother and that representation was important in giving me the confidence to recognize that being a physician was possible. host: you describe your mother at harvard as a fish out of water. dr. blackstone: yes, i talk about how when she got to harvard her

junot mulvaney and milford clark , who were they? dr. blackstone: dr. june was my pediatrician, a black woman and i talk about how growing up my mother would take us -- she was in leadership roles in black organizations and she would take my sister and me to the meetings so i was exposed to what it means to be a black physician at an early age. dr. mulvaney was well known and respected, someone who had been caring for me and my sister since we were babies. mildred clark is an ob/gyn on our block in crown heights, the only neighborhood we lived in. what i did not realize was i had a rare experience being surrounded by black women physicians to the point where i thought most physicians were black women until i got to college and recognized most students did not look like me. these women were role models to me just like my mother and that representation was important in giving me the confidence to recognize that being a physician was possible. host: you describe your mother at harvard as a fish out of water. dr. blackstone: yes, i talk about how when she g

junot mulvaney and milford clark , who were they? dr. blackstone: dr. june was my pediatrician, a black woman and i talk about how growing up my mother would take us -- she was in leadership roles in black organizations and she would take my sister and me to the meetings so i was exposed to what it means to be a black physician at an early age. dr. mulvaney was well known and respected, someone who had been caring for me and my sister since we were babies. mildred clark is an ob/gyn on our block in crown heights, the only neighborhood we lived in. what i did not realize was i had a rare experience being surrounded by black women physicians to the point where i thought most physicians were black women until i got to college and recognized most students did not look like me. these women were role models to me just like my mother and that representation was important in giving me the confidence to recognize that being a physician was possible. host: you describe your mother at harvard as a fish out of water. dr. blackstone: yes, i talk about how when she g

junot mulvaney and milford clark , who were they? dr. blackstone: dr. june was my pediatrician, a black woman and i talk about how growing up my mother would take us -- she was in leadership roles in black organizations and she would take my sister and me to the meetings so i was exposed to what it means to be a black physician at an early age. dr. mulvaney was well known and respected, someone who had been caring for me and my sister since we were babies. mildred clark is an ob/gyn on our block in crown heights, the only neighborhood we lived in. what i did not realize was i had a rare experience being surrounded by black women physicians to the point where i thought most physicians were black women until i got to college and recognized most students did not look like me. these women were role models to me just like my mother and that representation was important in giving me the confidence to recognize that being a physician was possible. host: you describe your mother at harvard as a fish out of water. dr. blackstone: yes, i talk about how when she g