This past year was a very transformative experience in my maturation as a young-adult as well as in my academic and professional career. Several career opportunities that seemed within my plans and within my grasp seemed to slip between my fingers as COVID struck our world. However, this lead me to find work in one of the most interesting and unplanned fields that I could have imagined: working as a specimen processor and courier for CompuNet Clinical Laboratories and the Premier Health Network. My job enabled me to both gain experience in the professional workplace as well as serve my community in a field and during a time when it is needed the most. There were several learning experiences that helped me guide my career trajectory in the direction of interactions and responsibilities that I enjoyed having in my time with CompuNet.