Not my first time, either. I also have families who speak Triqui and Mixtec. I've run into people speaking Quechua (more in residency; where I work now has very few people from Ecuador). Yup. Actual Inca people. Have you ever tried to find a Quechua interpreter at 3AM? AT&T language line doesn't have them. LOL no! We had to call the consulate, who called the embassy, who woke some pour soul up in the middle of the night to translate. But I had actual Mayan people in my clinic today with their kids. The people who I learned about in elementary school as if they were extinct were in my office with their kids today. How cool is that? This is why I love this job. You'd never meet these people if you were working some tech job or corporate law. But I get to meet Mayan people, Mixtec people, and even Inca people and then I get to provide their kids with the best medical care I know how to provide. They appreciate it, too. Especially because I'm bilingual English/Spanish. They tell their friends and their family and they all come to my door (and they vaccinate their kids). It is such an honor to have gained the trust of a minority community like that. What an amazing career we have. -PGY-22   submitted by   /u/MikeGinnyMD [link]   [comments]