Salamat is 19 years old, and comes from the village of Mango in the Savanes region. Salamat’s favorite classes in school are math, all science classes, and English. She wants to become a surgeon; there aren’t really female doctors where she lives and she wants to show other girls that it is possible for a woman to be a doctor. She will go to University for 7 years and then will do 3 years of specialty to become a surgeon. She would also like to study abroad in the US. Salamat has succeeded in school because it is an essential part to achieving her goal (of becoming a surgeon); she always has her goal in mind and makes all her decisions in a way that will help her reach that goal.