Cover of Unbroken: My Journey as a Foreign Medical Graduate in the U.S.

New memoir by Dr. Cris Calayan Abad Santos

Unbroken

My Journey as a Foreign Medical Graduate in the U.S.

A deeply personal story of courage, sacrifice, motherhood, medicine, immigration, and the quiet strength it takes to begin again.

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The Book

A Story of Courage, Resilience, and Starting Over

In Unbroken, Dr. Cris Calayan Abad Santos reflects on crossing oceans, rebuilding a career, raising children, and holding onto faith through uncertainty.

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Foreign Medical Graduates

The hidden work of proving credentials, starting over, and finding a place in a new medical system.

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Immigrant Reinvention

A life shaped by movement, uncertainty, faith, and the determination to keep building.

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Family and Legacy

A memoir rooted in sacrifice, parental love, and the children who become the reason to continue.

Dr. Cris Calayan Abad Santos

The Author

Dr. Cris Calayan Abad Santos

Dr. Cris Calayan Abad Santos is a physician, author, entrepreneur, immigrant, and mother whose story spans continents, careers, and personal reinvention.

After graduating from medical school in the Philippines, she pursued her dream of practicing medicine in the United States while raising her children and navigating the challenges of building a new life in a foreign country.

Her memoir is written for foreign medical graduates, immigrant parents, and anyone who has had to rebuild from the beginning without letting adversity define them.