Lina is a motivated first year medical student who was diagnosed with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP) in 2014, when she was a freshman in college. Because AIP is rare and the symptoms are non-specific, physicians struggled to reach a diagnosis. She was repeatedly told that there was nothing medically wrong with her. Once she was finally diagnosed, Lina struggled with chronic symptoms, but she persevered and obtained her bachelor’s degree in four years. She went on to complete a post-baccalaureate program to fulfill all the pre-medical requirements, and has begun her first year of medical school. She believes that her experience as a patient will help her become a more compassionate physician.