Personal Essay On Pursuing A Career In Nutrition Degree

When I first started college I was out of high school for 12 years. I had spent my late teens and twenties as a wife and homemaker before I decided to achieve my own career goals. I spent much of my time in the kitchen and taking care of my family’s health learning what I could about nutrition through online sources alone. This lack of real understanding led to the decision to go back to school with the goal of earning a degree in the science of food and nutrition to become a nutritionist. Since my life focused around nutrition and health this seemed to be the right fit.
However, since starting college my career goals have changed. While taking classes required for the nutrition degree, I found I was still not satisfied with the level of knowledge I was receiving; I needed to understand more about life. It wasn’t until taking my first general …show more content…
At the time my grandfather was ailing with Alzheimer and my weekends were spent helping my mom take care of him. It was hard to watch the strong man I grew up with growing weaker with each weekend; this experience influenced me to pursue a research career in neuroscience with the hopes of one day doing brain research to help others. Therefore, while I am here at UCI I hope to participate in labs on campus with professors doing research in biology and chemistry. I plan to work hard and finish with high marks and earn a degree in neuroscience. I would like to network with people interested in science careers around campus and plan to apply for different organizations to become more involved. It is also a goal of mine to minor in Spanish while I am here to fluently communicate and help people in underprivileged areas of central America. It is my belief that if I do these things I will gain the experiences needed to confidently apply to graduate school and achieve my career