My Career Goals and Dreams

My aspirations consist of getting a bachelor’s degree in a science that would help me pursue a medical career as a physician. My passion has always been to cooperate and assist others for their well-being. I believe that pursuing a medical career will allow me the opportunity to help improve the community's health conditions and learn about their health related needs. After completing my college education I want to go to medical school and become a doctor, I want to specialize in oncology, the study of cancer, and contribute to the cancer research field. I have dealt with cancer within my family; my mother was diagnosed with a pelvic tumor summer of 2012. This situation has instilled in me a purpose and desire to become an oncologist. Furthermore, I want to give back to underserved masses in the U.S. that struggle every day to maintain a family, and who do not have as much access to medical assistance as other privileged groups. The first project I plan to achieve throughout my career is to create a clinic where affordable medical assistance can be provided regardless of the patient's economic, ethnic, or immigration status. I also want to help expand horizons for others therefore I plan to create a non-profit organization where I can provide internships for medical school students all over the U.S. and allow them to travel to outlying communities around the world to provide free medical services. I also wish to form a team of doctors to help educate remote communities about nutrition, especially indigenous groups from Latin American countries. This project is particularly close to my heart because I come from Costa Rican descent. I have volunteered in orphanages and homes in rural parts of Costa Rica and I’ve witnessed myself the lack of medical attention among the indigenous people there. I have this incessant inquietude to go the limit for my mother and the people of Latin America. These people inspire me every day and it’s because of my mom and them that I