Everett doctor, who beat the odds, helps others to rise from poverty

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EVERETT — Kafiya Arte remembers trying to explain medical terminology to her mother when she was just an elementary school student in the Lakewood School District.

Her mom, a Somali immigrant who was attending Skagit Community College for a nursing certification, spoke English as a second language, so Arte would help interpret her homework.

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In many ways, Arte felt like an unlikely candidate for a medical career. She faced barriers of race, gender and socioeconomics. She didn’t know any physicians personally, and she wasn’t sure how to start down the path toward her degree.

Arte, 30, now practices as an internal medical resident at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Internal Medicine residency program in Everett. She works primarily with low-income patients, a focus she is “better equipped to understand” based on her own experiences, she said.

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1. What a wonderful story of a determined, strong caring woman. Those she will serve are very

lucky indeed.