- Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, mother of ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee, is graduating medical school at 72 and starting a three-year residency.
- Her decision to pursue medicine was prompted by her husband's near-fatal brain haemorrhage in 2020, which made her realise 'life is short'.
- Zuidgeest-Craft will be the St. James School of Medicine's oldest-ever graduate and will specialise in family medicine at a Michigan hospital.
- She previously worked as a neonatal nurse practitioner and had considered medical school earlier in life but faced denials and life circumstances.
- Her daughter, Ginger Zee, highlighted that her mother's 45 years of hospital experience as a nurse practitioner provided valuable practical knowledge for her medical career.
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