I Came from Rural Texas to Harvard’s MD-PhD program. Now, Trump Defunded that Program.

I Came from Rural Texas to Harvard’s MD-PhD program. Now, Trump Defunded that Program.

Even lifelong Texans may not have heard of my hometown of Lindale. With just under 5,000 people while I lived there, Lindale sits roughly 90 miles east of Dallas and bears many hallmarks of a small Texas town: more than three churches per square mile, roads dominated by trucks, and packed football stadiums on Friday nights. It’s also overwhelmingly white. On paper, Lindale might seem an unlikely home for an Indian-American kid. In reality, it wa…