A Career In Healthcare

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At the age of five, I went from residing in a crowded three-bedroom apartment holding seven people in a small town in India, to living in an apartment in the United States with just my parents. Upon arriving in the U.S., I was astounded by the numerous resources available to children to encourage learning and exploration. It wasn’t long before I realized that my passion lay within one specific activity: volunteering. This passion later evolved into a personal necessity to help others during my lifetime and, I soon realized that a career in healthcare was the best method to achieve this

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