Chinsa Ekeanyanwu Personal Statement

Chinasa Ekeanyanwu
No one’s journey to reach their goal is the same. Because of circumstances out of our control some people have a smooth journey and some have it rough. I grew up in a big family. I am the middle child of five children. I never took interest in specifically pharmacy. But because I was kind, patient, and caring I always knew that I wanted a career in the medical field. This all changed the day my father was diagnosed with stage-four brain tumor called Glioblastoma. I was only nine years old when my siblings and I had certain responsibilities when taking care of my father. I had the responsibility to give him his medication which was often multiple pills at once assuming each for a different purpose. It was interesting how the body reacted to the drugs being taken for instance some pills were taken before he ate …show more content…
I worked at a local health food and supplement store for one whole year where I worked as customer service associate. I took inventory for the supplements we were out of and ordered them on a weekly basis. I consider this place the best place I’ve worked so far because part of my job description entailed knowing a little bit about the natural vitamins and supplements we were selling. I had to educate and sometimes advice customers that were curious about a product they were interested in buying. I also assisted in managing the place while the boss wasn’t in. While working there I did my research and realized that if I wanted to further advise customers on what medication to take I would need to become a pharmacist. I could also open up a private practice kind of like where I worked; especially with the management skills picked up. I don’t have to work for only retail, I could work at a clinic, hospital, or even nursing home. The fact that there is a variety of options was the selling point for me. I like knowing I don’t have to choose just one