It is called Match Day and on the same day, at the same time medical students in the United States open envelopes to find out where they will do their residency. Some will stay in the communities where they went to medical school while others travel far. It is likely that few traveled further in life to get to this day than Xia Vang.
“I grew up in Milwaukee, but I was born in Thailand in a refugee camp,” says Vang.