Please Help. Would I be wasting my time; criminal records and medical school.

I am a non traditional unrepresented minority (Mexican) with an extensive criminal arrest record with no felonies and want to become a physician (4 duis, 1 trespassing, and a vandalism convictions) . But please here me out before passing judgment and my not so worthy past.

I grew tough, meaning the hand dealt to me was bad. By the age of 20 I had been ran over, broke my back, been abused, shot , a witness to homicide, met my dad at 12 who was a raging alcoholic who beat me on a daily, hit by a car at 50 mph, bounced around from home to home because BOTH my parents had been to prison for long stretches, in gangs, moved out at 13 never to return and the list REALLY goes on. Sadly, this was the norm for a broke Mexican kid from the barrio. I never felt sorry for myself and managed to turn my life around after 20 by moving as far away from my hometown as I could.

Long story short I managed to enroll in a community college away from home and land jobs with 6 different non profits working with at risk underserved children in school, home, clinical, and education settings. I racked up well over 10,000 hours of volunteer work and I was set, so I thought.

Then one day I had a visitor who brought her 3 year old to my house. On our way to the park a car sped out of control and stuck the child, killing him. My life shattered instantly and from that point on I drank and drank and drank... while blaming myself and used a false coping mechanism and suffered because of that. Sometimes I think that I had suffered so much tragedy and loss in my life prior to that incident my brain couldn't handle it. But that's not an excuse I guess but it is the truth. Now you know why I have convictions, so lets dig into it.

After suffering a subdural hematoma last year and almost dying (again) I decided it was time to start living again, and use my potential by becoming a physician (psychiatrist) and serve my community. Currently I am a california resident who is 32 years old with 2 daughters and wife who is applying to med school next year. Surprising enough I managed to finish an undergraduate degree this from a top 25 public university without a high school education and maintained a 3.9 sgpa and a cgpa of 3.6. My practice MCAT scores are in the 508-520 range, so I do not see a problem there. Is it just a waste of time to apply because of my past. No need to bash me, just keep it real.

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Please Help. Would I be wasting my time; criminal records and medical school.