“El futuro pertenece a aquellos que creen en la belleza de sus sueños.” (“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”) - Eleanor Roosevelt Hi, welcome to my site! My name is Sarah Thompson and I am graduating in August of 2024 with a B.S in Language and International Health at Clemson University. Since kindergarten, I have been immersed in the Spanish culture, and that immersion has cultivated into a love for the language and atmosphere. In this program, my history and grammar classes were taught in English, while my math and science courses were taught in Spanish. With my knowledge of Spanish and Public Health, I am planning on attending Vanderbilt School of Medicine to pursue Master's in Public Health with a Global Health emphasis and then pursue a PhD or MD/DO to work within international communities. My desire to work in the health field comes from my experiences I have had on international humanitarian trips, various Clemson service-learning health classes, and my Spanish internship abroad. On one of the humanitarian trips I went on in high school, my team delivered supplies to an indigenous village in the Southern Andes Mountains. While in this village I talked with different members of the community about their living conditions, and it opened my eyes to the drastic differences between healthcare in first-world countries and third-world countries. This was the first time I was exposed to real global health challenges and made me want to pursue the field further in college. While at Clemson, I had the privilege to take courses like Global Health, Epidemiology, Community Health Promotion, and Health & the Hispanic Community that taught me how to take the ideas from the classroom into a real-world setting. For example, in the Spring of 2024, I had the opportunity to plan the Clemson 2024 Public Health Symposium for my final project in the Community Health Promotion course. This experience taught me about the different aspects in public health program planning, the importance in effective communication, and the difficulties that public health planners deal with every day. During the Spring of 2023, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Toledo, Spain. While in Spain, I took many Spanish classes and worked as a Research Intern at the National Hospital for Paraplegics in a neuroscience laboratory. This experience taught me about the global nature of health care and confirmed my desire to work with international communities. My undergraduate years have grown my compassion for others, my passion, and drive to achieve my goals. I am excited to bring my continued enthusiasm for life with me in my next steps of my educational journey.