B Srimathi is a 20-year old Adivasi woman from the Irula community of Thumbibettu village in Tamil Nadu. She has become notably the first member of her community to get a medical seat, and she has taken admission in Tirunelveli Government Medical College and wants to specialize in pediatrics. Clearing the NEET, Srimathi is hopeful of many more like her emerging from marginalized communities to break the barriers.