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March
When Ronaldo Jose Pineda Wieselberg was two, he told his mother he wanted to be a doctor. A math teacher, she went back to correcting papers, and he returned to his cars and jigsaw puzzles. Two weeks later, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Instead of an obstacle, the disease just cemented his decision. Now 24, the Brazilian native is a medical school grad, an intern at Holy House of Mercy in Sao Paulo and an aspiring endocrinologist.
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