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Apr 16, 2007

"Healing requires no specialists, only those who can come to us out of their own center, and who are prepared to be healed themselves." --James Carse

Miracle Worker for the Children

Raised by a single mother on public assistance in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood, Dr. Gloria WilderBraithwaite grew up much like the children she treats today. And still Gloria worked her way through Howard University and Georgetown Medical School, fired by the desire to help others. For the past 14 years, she has been riding in a blue van bringing medical care where it is needed the most by people -- particularly children -- living in the roughest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.. Says Dr. Gloria, "In the eyes of every child is a pool of potential, and all you have to do is reach into that child's heart and that potential just unlocks. You see it during every exam. We could see 1,000 kids every day and never touch a soul. I'd rather see 25 and get a hug."