Personal Narrative: Pursuing My Career Goals

College has always been a long-time goal of mine. An idea that was always a singular-lens in my eyes. Throughout elementary and middle school when my career goals were constantly changing, my idea of college always stayed the same. I viewed college just as a ‘place’ that you go to ‘real’ job. Once I moved during the summer before my eight-grade year of school, I started to look at the future and all the steps I would have to take to reach my goals. I can contribute a lot of this to me spending a great deal of time by myself. I was 45 minutes away from all my friends that I had known since kindergarten and Alton was not the most exciting town.
As the school year started my daily, after-school routine consisted of doing homework, studying, …show more content…
My service at the St. Louis Zoo is one of the things that got me interested in conservation and biology. That is when I began to look into the different job opportunities the field of science had to offer. I was also thinking of going into the medical field, and like everyone I had my eyes set on being a doctor.
With my interest still set on biology and medicine, I was now questioning what type of doctor I wanted to be. After traveling to Belize for the first time to see where my dad grew up, I saw the lack of healthcare that many of the locals suffered from. I soon came to the realization, that many people all over the world suffer from inadequate healthcare just as those in Belize do. During this time, I was also beginning the college search. I had also learned about the physician assistant profession, which helped in broadening my options.
I decided to go to Saint Louis University because they offer a specific biology concentration in ecology, evolution, and conservation. Their medical and physician assistant school and emphasis on service were big selling points for me too. I also liked that they had extensive options to study