A Second Year in Review

This year has been an experience in balancing life and academics. My family and I experienced a tragedy in our life in the past year. It was definitely a struggle to balance caring for my family both physically and emotionally while also continuing class work.  Despite this, I managed to stay on track with my class work. My family is the most important thing in my life and I feel I now appreciate just how difficult it is to balance the two.

This year has also been important in helping me find my interests.  My classes became more focused on my major.  I have discovered an interest in the biological fields of both genetics and microbiology.   I am currently looking into different career paths in these two area of interest and plan to continue further classes on the subjects. Next year I plan to participate in undergraduate research and continue volunteer work .