1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I am from a small town in Georgia called Ringgold, Georgia, and I currently attend Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Some hobbies of mine include hiking, camping, driving, and trying new restaurants and places where I live. I am currently applying to medical school and have received two interviews to schools I really hope to be offered acceptances to attend. My big, long term dream is to be working in the US and travel for a couple weeks at a time to plant clinics in third- world countries in order to help make the towns and people more self- sufficient and informed about how to stay healthy.

2. Who was your favorite teacher in school and how did he or she impact you?  My favorite teach in college has been Dr. Thomas because she challenged me to truly be the best student and person I could be. She is honest and caring while still not allowing her goals for us to be let down when we thought it was unattainable. She was such an encouragement as a women who values both education and family and succeeds at being a great professor who knows how to say no to extra requirements that she cannot take on without dropping the ball in her life at home.

3. When did you first decide you wanted to become a doctor and why?  I first decided to become a doctor in high school when I completed a health professions pathway that ended in shadowing providers around town. I saw the problem- solving tactics of physicians combined with knowledge and intra-personal skills that I wanted to use myself to make a mark on the world.

4. What area of medicine are you interested in? Right now, my biggest interests are Ob/GYN and pediatrics. I want to encourage women in one of the truest ways that make them women.

5. What’s the coolest experience you’ve had so far on your premedical journey? There are so many! But, one of them is when I was a Clinical Research Intern at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. I had the outstanding opportunity to work in the best healthcare environment I have ever seen as well as help with research that will help hospitals improve processes that impact the patients they serve.

6. What is your favorite book?  My favorite book right now is Poets and Saints written by my pastor. He is so creative and the best storyteller I know. In this book, he recalls the journey he took abroad to learn about the saints and figures within Christianity to give them a new light in the world of Protestantism.

7. Tell us one thing interesting about you that most people don’t know. An interesting thing about me is that I have performed in Carnegie Hall. I was in a competitive community choir throughout my middle school and high school years, and we were invited to a festival that ended with a performance in the most beautiful concert hall I have ever seen!

8. What do you like most about PreMed STAR? I love that PreMed STAR is working to connect students from before they are even applying to medical school. I think we can sometimes get caught up in the hard work that is required in the path we have chosen that networking is sometimes not a priority; PreMed star is and is going to continue to improve to be a place where that is possible!

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