My Memory Of My Interest

Science and medicine has always fascinated me and has been interesting to be since my education started as a child. All my cousins used to play video games, playing house, playing cards, but instead I always forced everyone on pretending my patients and me treating them and caring for them as a doctor. I also wanted my family members to act if they were sick and they needed help. As time passed, I no longer had to play as it was the reality now and they really now needed help. I have witnessed my family members, my grandmother who passed away due to heart attack at an early age, my other grandmother who currently is sick, my grandfather who passed away also due to heart attack.

And to grasp how our systems work, I needed to have a deeper understanding of what they are made of, which is what biochemistry is all about- the chemistry of life. My interest in the human body started in fourth grade when I first learned about anatomy and the body systems. Until this day, I haven’t forgotten the names of the bones in the skeletal system. When I volunteered to translate and help out in a Medical Mission last summer in the Philippines, my interest in medicine grew. I knew I wanted to become a doctor, but this volunteer opportunity made me certain that the medical field was for me. It was fascinating to be involved in the discussion between the patient and the doctors since I was the one translating from English to Filipino and vice versa, and seeing how the doctors handle diagnoses and treatments was quite a learning experience. I’ve also taken Honors and Advanced Placement courses in Science and Math which also fueled my interest in my chosen field. Taking the AP Biology course really made me more aware and gave me a greater interest towards life and our human bodies. It’s mind-blowing to think about the complexity of our living systems and how we can be unaware of what is actually going on inside of us. This is precisely why I strive to become a doctor- I want to learn more about medicine and

I first realized my passion for health promotion and disease prevention the summer following my first year of college. I had the privilege of attending the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP), which introduced me to numerous healthcare professionals. During the program, many of the professionals shared their stories about why they choose the profession, and with each story, I began to reflect deeply on my own background and what drew me to medicine. It was not until an emergency medicine physician spoke about his experiences, that allowed me to fully understand connecting my background to my future. The physician mentioned growing up in D.C., which brought to mind my family in D.C. It had been almost a year since my grandmother

Health care involves so many different fields and so many different people; it is hard not to get interested in it. One thing that

I came to this point of my life through an untraditional path. I was born in the southern Mexican peninsula to a hard working single mother. From an early age I learned the value of work. I began cleaning windshields at stoplights and polishing shoes when I was seven, primarily to help my mother keep my older sister in school. At the age of twelve my father offered to bring me to the U.S. to learn English and one day return to Mexico having mastered this precious skill. Although life as an undocumented migrant was filled with obstacles, false starts and uncertainty, I remained steady and I never abandon my dreams.

During Louis XIV’s rule (1643- 1715), France experienced an absolute monarchy. Absolutism, in Louis eyes, was the idea that the entire state be authorized by ‘one king, one law, one faith.’ Louis advocated his tutor Bossuet’s “divine right of kings”, the belief that the sole authority above the king is God. These aspects of absolutism were aimed to strengthen France internally and externally, but did not completely succeed. Louis told his successor to ‘make your citizens happy’: the opposite of what the former had accomplished. Through force Louis gave his citizens no say in their country, no option but his way of rule. Although Louis aspired for an absolute monarchy, for France’s best interest, the French were ultimately unhappy during his reign.

“If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” - Michael Jordan. Throughout my whole life, I have had so many obstacles that I had to overcome. I’ve learned that by working hard in Mexico and getting the things I wanted was a big obstacle that I had to overcome, but I gained more confidence in myself.

As a child I grew up in a community of neighbors that had just as much as I did, hardships and challenges where unknown to me. It was in college in my Chicano/a studies courses that allowed me to view my life challenges. When asked to describe how I overcame life hardships, I can only think of the life lessons my father have instilled in me. Therefore, my socio – economic challenges are overcome daily by learning how to manage money, at an early age I was thought to save my money. Education challenges where coping with a learning disability without resources, my private tutor was my oldest sister. A family challenge was coping with the passing of my mother in

The need to learn and understand why things happen drives me, this being what first drew me to consider medicine, particularly the heart. Its defects interest me greatly, as death from ischaemic heart disease has remained one of the world's biggest killers for the last 15 years. On a visit to Cambridge University, I explored this further at a chronic heart disease lecture. How the disease arises led me to read a section of 'How we Die' by Sherwin Nuland, which detailed the heart structure, and the events of a heart attack. An Oxford University UNIQ summer school gave me insight into university life, which included practical work from undergraduate years. I was given the 'Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing' with extracts from experts in their fields to read. The combination of academic challenge and the prospect of independent living confirmed my desire to study medicine.

Ever since as I remember my childhood I have always dreamed to work in the medical field and be the part of the solution when it was about helping people. As I was growing up I read a lot of medical literature and magazines that fascinated me more and I strongly decided to take medical field track. During the primary school and a high school period I have always volunteered and offered my help to the nursing staff and even some of my pears were more comfortable to speak about some health issues with me. However I have always suggested seeking a professional opinion. Consequently in my mind was always that thought that I would like to know more about and around medicine.

I had the privilege to grow up in the city of Miami, a city where Hispanics are the majority. I consider myself lucky as I didn’t have the struggles most Hispanics face in other parts of the US. Although my family was not economically rich, I was rich because I was loved. My parents always supported my choices and taught me from an early age to have perseverance and kindness instilled within my heart. They taught me that there is no greater investment then that of knowledge and for that I needed to obtain a higher education.

At the age of ten, I read a book, “Gifted Hands” by Dr. Ben Carson, which inspired and begin to motivate my interest in pursuing medicine as a career because I could identify with his discovery of the joy of reading and his fascination with science. When I was 14, I had an epiphany at the doctor’s office. This event occurred a little after I had finished my final exams in school and the next step was to go to senior high school. But, I thought the preliminary chemistry and physics classes of junior high school were daunting and went on to convince myself that a career in medicine might not be right for me.

There is a basic understanding that government exists to care for the well-being of its people. On the other hand, how far should a government go in order to ensure that its citizens are healthy and able to provide to the workforce, and therefore the well-being of the country as a whole? As a part of a social welfare system that advocates for the well-being of the individual, social workers must also look at the policies in place to address the physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of the population they serve. Social workers must also assess whether the policies that are enacted follow the values that have been instilled for the betterment of the community. In order to advocate for their clients, a social worker must be knowledgeable about the additional policies in place that were noted as resolutions to the issue. Do individuals have access to better cancer diagnosis options and treatment with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010? This literature review aims to discuss the many perspectives available in order to best answer this question.

My interest in public health stems from my interest in healthcare. While growing up, I have seen family members suffer from maladies and were later able to, through the attentive care of the skilled physicians, enjoy life more freely. As a high school student, I enjoyed different science courses from Advanced Topic Biology, Health, and Human Diseases to Medical Diagnosis, Genetics, and AP Psychology. I was in awe at the way our body worked, how our body is so strong, and yet so vulnerable. During the beginning of my undergraduate study, I majored in Biology and took Pre-Professional Medicine courses in order to study more about our body and the mechanisms that occur inside of us. When I transferred to NYU, I changed my major to economics

During my senior year at UTEPI took sociology courses during fall of 2016 and spring 2017 with Dr. Slack. This classes really shaped my academic direction, the classes were, "Drug Use, Abuse, Trafficking," which focused on concepts such as drugs, culture, peoples, religion. These concepts informed my thinking about how radical every person can become when it comes to drugs and the need to acquire money within oppressed countries. The other course was, "General Sociology Theory," which focused on concepts such as theorists and their perceptions of how they saw life and what caused situations or circumstances to be how they are such as the work environment, minimum wage and gender wage gap. Specifically the work of Michel Foucault fascinated me and made want to know more about Sociology. Foucault's book Society Must Be Defended was a deep influence on my pursue because it examines the relationship between war and politics and focuses on how important it is to tell the truth to people. Just as Foucault says in his book "Let us say that we are obligated to produce the truth by the power that demands truth and needs it in order to function: we are forced to tell the truth, we are'constrained, we