How Keeping a College Promise Led This Surgeon to Treat Patients on a Remote Pacific Island

When told he’d never get into college after scoring a 7 on his ACT, Glen Robison didn’t quit — he went to medical school without ever earning a bachelor’s degree. But the moment that changed everything came when a Tongan friend helped him survive college academics, and Robison made a promise in return: one day, he’d go treat his people.

Eleven years later, he kept it. What he found there — rare conditions, a boy whose limb he saved through improvised surgery — became the foundation of his book and his philosophy: when your desire is strong enough, step into the unknown anyway.

Robison is a podiatric surgeon, 3x bestselling author, and the author of Show Them: Stepping into the Unknown to Find the Answers.

CONTACT: Glen Robison: (928) 351-0312; glrobison@rtirguests.com