My career goal is to become a medical professional with lots of hands-on experience in the hospital as well as a research setting. Diabetes is the killer disease that awakened my interest to the medical field. My early exposure to this field came from my grandfather, who had been suffering from diabetes for the past 20 years. I watched him suffer from various neurological pains and wound healing difficulties on his feet. As I started to read more about the science and facts on diabetes, I fascinated about the role that physical activity (or the lack thereof) and diet played in the development of diabetes. Also, my exposure to First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama’s Speech on the prevalence of childhood obesity during her 2010 US Mayors Winter Conference,
