I pick a word at the start of every new year and set it as my intention for the year. My intention for 2017 is resilience. This year‚ I took my intention a step further and rather than relying solely on my own thoughts and beliefs about resilience‚ I started to interview friends and family about how they see resilience in their own lives. As my understanding continues to take shape‚ I am reminded of moments of resilience in my own life. My interest in service learning has taken me from studying
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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTEREST I’m a physiotherapist with 5 years of experience in rehabilitation of neurological disorders mainly cerebral palsy‚ cerebrovascular stroke and spinal cord injury. Although‚ the rehabilitation process takes a lot of time and money‚ the recovery is usually limited. Moreover‚ the impacts of these disorders on patients and their family can be devastating. These factors were motivating me to search for new methods in management of these disorders. I found that integration
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Growing up as a Type One Diabetic‚ I was very familiar with doctors and medications. I was used to routine doctor visits and experienced first hand the different forms of treatment available. This personal experience strongly influenced my fascination with different medications and how they work. As a teenager I would read the patient information packets and try to understand the mechanisms involved. I’m certain that this contributed to my interest in healthcare and science and led me to become
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most interesting fields to study and work in as a direct result of this - you must constantly be rethinking and have alternative ideas on how to‚ for example‚ gain control of a disease. This requires a quick thinking and analysis‚ both abilities I have.
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The opportunity to be a fellow with Latham & Watkins and to attend the Diversity Leadership Academy‚ is amazing and I believe that I am excellent candidate. I have experience working with clients‚ a commitment to diversity in the legal profession‚ and a diverse background. As a native of Miami‚ FL I grew up in a diverse urban city. Furthermore‚ I am a Black and Puerto Rican woman with a distinctive perspective on cross-cultural relations and socioeconomic challenges. Unfortunately‚ I am an underrepresented
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My grandfather has been my greatest source of inspiration‚ who rendered his services as a family physician till the age of 95. He used to recount the excitement of using Penicillin for the first time in India back in 1944 for a child afflicted with pneumonia which worked like a miracle. I incorporate this enthusiasm for medicine. I have been particularly fascinated with the subject of Immunology during my medical school as it seems to have a role in most of the medical problems that are encountered
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I want to enter the field of dietetics because I am allured by the parallel relationships between nutrition and disease. Dietetics encompasses a wide variety of scientific and holistic details that continues to keep me fascinated. To start‚ nutrition education was cultivated by my family along with the vast cultural and agricultural exposures growing up in Southern California. My parents had immense pride in teaching me about the synergistic relationships between nature‚ man and the processes
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Having someone in your life to help guide and push you toward your goals is a blessing‚ especially when that person Is someone you admire or look up to‚ someone you would call a mentor. I never really thought I would have a mentor‚ but I also never thought I would be able to reach my goal so early. I remember the day I met my mentor - I was terrified! I had applied for a trade school in the field of cosmetology. I was in the 10th grade and the program started Junior Year. Mrs.Montello which was the
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As I sit down to write the final paper of my undergraduate degree and I pause to reflect on all that I have learned a realization takes shape. My time here at Colorado Christian University has been many things and easy is not one of them. Nevertheless‚ for all of the vicissitudes‚ trials and adversities‚ and the connections and moments of beauty‚ the theme that runs constant is transformation. The time I have invested and the classes I have taken in pursuit of obtaining a degree at CCU has been remarkably
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witnessed me work long hours‚ I have missed many activities including‚ ballet recitals as well as baseball games. They are most understanding‚ because they know my goals and in the end it will be worth it. Hence‚ to obtain a good career‚ will also be an example for my children that they can be or do anything they set their mind to. After all‚ anything positive is worth the
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