Irvin Garcia says he knew he wanted to be a doctor when he was 16, but as an undocumented immigrant he thought it was impossible."Foos in Medicine," two first-generation college students, have gone viral on social media while documenting their medical school journey at UCLA.Irvin Garcia and Alexis Alemán are two first-generation college students at UCLA who, against all odds, are on the path to becoming doctors -- while sharing their journey on social media.
"Growing up I said 'I'm going to college' and they said 'Well, what's that going to look like? No one goes to college, really, where you're from. So, OK, college -- What are you going to really do to make money? Get a real job," said Alemán. "I never even met someone who was in my shoes ever going to college," said Garcia. "I was like, even going to college, I don't even know if that's possible."At UCLA, they started publishing posts on Instagram that show a day in the life of a med student. They say they also wanted to show where they come from, so they called it "Foos In Medicine".Thousands of followers now show their support for the Foos in Medicine.