Hi, welcome to my ePortfolio. My name is Alyssa DeMatteo! I am a first year student here at The Ohio State University, majoring in pharmaceutical sciences with hopes of minoring in psychology. I am on the pre-pharmacy track and am part of the Early Admissions Pathway (EAP) Program, automatically matriculating into the College of Pharmacy here at OSU after my four years of undergraduate studies. I am also a part of the STEM Exploration and Engagement scholars program and could not be more excited to get involved in all that comes along with it. Living in a small town, I was not exposed to as much as some, but it allowed me to grow in a way no one else could. I was able to accept defeat whenever necessary and learned to ask for help even when I did not want to. Being so close to so many of my classmates, I now know how to collaborate with others, which is something that will be beneficial to myself and my career down the road. I have always loved helping people and have known from the start that I wanted to go into a health profession. Pharmacy has interested me ever since I was in elementary school, so I have been pursuing that dream since then. I hope to specialize in the mental health/mental illness aspect of pharmacy, bringing awareness to and ridding of the generalizations that surround this serious issue. Being a part of not only this university, but also a family-like community, is something I know I will fall in love with more and more every day I am here.