Year in Review

My first year at The Ohio State University went by quite fast, and now it is time to recap my time thus far at the university! Coming into the university, I was very eager to learn in class and explore all that the university has to offer. The strong community and great advising offered by my major was the perfect encouragement for my first successful semesters here at OSU. In addition, taking part in the Health Science Scholars Seminar provided solid ground for my pre-professional school education.

My extracurricular involvement at Ohio State fully rounded my experience. I discovered the great faith filled community that the Newman center offers. Diving deeper into my faith has been my greatest personal growth here on campus. I found great opportunity to share the Good News through ministry to the sick in the university hospitals. Fulfilling the spiritual needs of patients, along with addressing social determinants of health through another student organization called EncompassOSU, brings me great joy. Through this organization, I served in an OB/GYN clinic at Wexner Medical Center in order to give patients resources that are not fulfilled through a classic doctor visit, yet may serve as barriers to achieving maximum health. Often times paying rent, buying food, finding a job, or having a safe place to live impedes on ideal health. Through EncompassOSU, we aim to curve these determinants of health by uniting patients to the resources they need. Serving patients while taking classes gives me great hope for my future medical professional occupation and motivates my passion of learning now in order to have an even greater role to assist the undeserved in the near future.