Forensic Pathologist

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If you asked me a year and a half ago what I wanted my vocation to be, I would have promptly blurted out: “Forensic pathologist.” If you ask me now, I will respond with: “I don’t know, it may change, but I’ve got an idea.” While my interests remain within the world of science, it’s still an entire world nonetheless. I have opened myself up to exploring new career paths within this world because of one factor during the end of my sophomore year of high school—exploring the unknown.
I did not know what to expect when I joined a neuroscience research facility at Case Western Reserve University. I barely even knew what neuroscience was, let alone how research in the field was conducted. But I was curious.
The previous week, it was DNA Day and

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