'Brain waste' thwarts immigrants' career dreams

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By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press – Sat Mar 26, 11:41 pm ET

NEW YORK – After finishing medical school in Bogota, Colombia, Maria Anjelica Montenegro did it all — obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency medicine, even surgery. By her estimate, she worked with thousands of patients.

None of that prepared her for the jobs she's had since she moved to the United States: Sales clerk. Babysitter. Medical assistant.
That last one definitely rubbed raw at times.

"I know I was working in my field," the 34-year-old New York resident said. "But that is medical assistant. I'm a doctor."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110327/ap_on_re_us/us_underemployed_immigrants

Happening to everyone here, now. Not just immigrants.