As a teenager, Dr. Rachel Angel hit the ground running, working full-time in addition to her role as a student. Navigating the difficulties of balancing both roles, she acknowledges built character, but she knew it would be critical to position herself in a high-paying job role she could succeed in. After a pivotal conversation with her classmate, she was then compelled to become a pharmacist.

Upon graduating high school, Angel’s path would lead her to become a student at the University of Hampton, where she would eventually earn a doctor of pharmacy degree. She once again wore various hats during her tenure at the University, which included working two jobs at an assisted living facility and a pharmacy to begin developing her career path. Eventually, her efforts would lead her to serve as an intern, landing a job as a pharmacist. Despite finally securing a job role predestined by years of hard work, Dr. Angel felt crippling survivor’s guilt entering a space in which few Black individuals get to enter.

“I think even a lot of black people feel this when we are successful. We’re like, ‘Okay, I made it. Why didn’t everybody else make it? How can I help everybody else make it?,” said Dr. Rachel Angel exclusively to AfroTech.

These are the questions that became the catalyst for helping minorities and people of color land their dream job.

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