Before being part of SHPEP Dental Program, I did not have much knowledge on the field of Dentistry. Although I knew that Dentistry was the field that suited me the most, attaining clinical first-hand experience was something that I was missing. Being part of SHPEP allowed me to not only gain the clinical experience I needed to reaffirm my decision of becoming a Dentist, but also enabled me to gain great connection with faculty members and current dental students who gave me the tools I needed to succeed as a pre-dental student. I want to share this experience with others and become part of the SHPEP Program so that it can have a great impact on other pre-dental students like it has had with me.
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The joy and content I felt that day was unexplainable, I felt like I was already in Dental school and all the hard work had paid off. Coming from a minority and low-income family, it was a great accomplishment for me to receive something that I was looking forward to for so long, it gave me a glimpse of why I should continue on this journey of one day becoming a Dentist. That was an experience that I will never forget, and is something that I know will motivate others because there are so many students who come from low income families or are from a minority group who lack the confidence to know that they are able to accomplish great