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Winter 2018: calculus 3 got off to a challenging start. My kind TA spent many hours reviewing homework with me and helped me get a nearly perfect score on the second exam.
Winter 2017: an honors creative writing class became an outlet for me to hone in my writing skills while simultaneously processing intense homesickness and self-doubt.
Summer 2019: I embraced that I no longer wanted to pursue a career in research or academia and attended career counseling workshops that ultimately helped me determine that I wanted to pursue PA school.
From grappling with homesickness and imposter syndrome to doubting my career ambitions to the countless ways that the COVID-19 pandemic upended the past two years, uncertainty has shaped my time at UW. Each major period of uncertainty resulted in something positive, though, be it deeper relationships with loved ones, improved insight into my own mental health, or more opportunity for reflection and clarity on my professional and personal aspirations.
Spring 2020: I studied under the shade of flowering trees at my childhood home instead of in the Quad on campus. This was a rare few months that my siblings and I were all at home together after high school.
Fall 2019: My first successful PCR! I loved the opportunities I gained through various on-campus research assistant jobs to build benchwork skills and apply course material to real-life experiments, but also struggled to see myself being happy in a research-focused career.
Summer 2020: After 3 months of quarantine in my hometown, I moved back to Seattle to work 2 part time jobs. The city was so quiet and I went for many long walks in my free time.
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