In Other Words

Dr. Shay Taylor-Allen

Paths we take often

mysterious. In other words,

we all have an imagination

and sometimes not all the time

but sometimes life works out.

Shay Taylor-Allen was a janitor

at Yale New Haven hospital. Her mother was

a patient. A hospital official helped

them both, inspiring Shay to go to

Howard University, then medical school.

She’s a resident at Yale New Haven now.

A reporter asked her for advice.

She said what Moe Foner said

so many years ago: Never

accept the word No.