When you think of “pharmacy” – what images come to mind? Most people think of drugs of course, but they also imagine corner-store drug marts with long drive-thru lines and pharmacists rapidly counting pills behind a high counter. Ten or twenty years ago, that would have been a fairly accurate picture of the profession of pharmacy – simply the study of drugs and how to make sure medications get to where they need to go. Today, however, the profession of pharmacy is so much more. Pharmacists have the opportunity to directly impact patient care, answer drug information questions, and ensure that medication therapies are working optimally for individual patients. It is a diverse healthcare field that offers each new pharmacist a means of creating their own pharmacy-related, patient-driven career path. Pharmacy offers me the opportunity to serve individual people every single day and to continually strive to help every person in their own efforts to improve their health and overall quality of life. Pharmacists are still dispensing medications, but they are also reconciling medication regimens, administering vaccinations, and working with other healthcare professionals to make informed decisions about the prescribing of medications to patients. Pharmacy is an exciting field in healthcare, and I am so happy to be a part of it as it continues to grow and expand.