Growing up in the little island of Haiti opened my eyes to the complex network of problems faced by individuals living in areas with limited access to healthcare and education. Haiti is a medically backward country stuck in a time capsule where disabilities diseases hunger and death plagues the impoverish people every day. At a young age, due to political turmoil, my parents were forced to send my sisters and I to America. Coming to this live in this country opened up a world of opportunity for me to take charge of developing myself both academically and professionally. Furthermore, living in an unfamiliar environment empowered my sense of curiosity. Particularly I became fascinated with science, and the understanding of how and why things
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I also played active roles in several student body organizations, such the Cell Molecular and Microbiology Student council and Alpha phi omega; national service fraternity who’s missing is serving to better local community. But I never allowed my full schedule of work and services keep me from my passion, dedication, and determination for the pursuit of academic advancement. Instead I learned how to balance these along with my full time class schedule. These obstacles, I believe, have played a part in preparing me for the physical, social, emotional and educational (academic) demands of a medical career As an undergrad, I became fascinated with microbes and the idea that these little creatures are everywhere although mostly invisible to the naked eye. For me, growing microorganisms on an agar plate is the closest thing to magic a laboratory scientist can do. Today, the plate is sterile; tomorrow, teeming with bacteria! This and the fact that the study of microbiology allowed me to get much deeper understanding some of the major infectious diseases such as; malaria, Typhoid fever, that plagued the natives of my little island, drove me to major in
I also played active roles in several student body organizations, such the Cell Molecular and Microbiology Student council and Alpha phi omega; national service fraternity who’s missing is serving to better local community. But I never allowed my full schedule of work and services keep me from my passion, dedication, and determination for the pursuit of academic advancement. Instead I learned how to balance these along with my full time class schedule. These obstacles, I believe, have played a part in preparing me for the physical, social, emotional and educational (academic) demands of a medical career As an undergrad, I became fascinated with microbes and the idea that these little creatures are everywhere although mostly invisible to the naked eye. For me, growing microorganisms on an agar plate is the closest thing to magic a laboratory scientist can do. Today, the plate is sterile; tomorrow, teeming with bacteria! This and the fact that the study of microbiology allowed me to get much deeper understanding some of the major infectious diseases such as; malaria, Typhoid fever, that plagued the natives of my little island, drove me to major in