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October Blog

October Service Hours: 2 hours Cumulative for the Fall semester: 2 hour October has been a learning but rewarding time in the program. The first volunteering activity I did was with ACEing Autism in which I played tennis with children in the autism spectrum. I was a behavior technician in undergrad and I wanted to continue to work with children with autism so I had searched up organizations near me. When I arrived I was essentially assigned a child to stay with and I played tennis with her, it was truly fun and I am going to continue doing this. I already feel I have learned how to be patient and empathetic because of my prior experience but even with this experience I learn the same skills. My second volunteering was with Tulane Brain Institute at the Junior Achievement of New Orleans. In this volunteering event, I sat in a panel with other people in the health sciences field and just explained my aspirations, my struggles and essentially my journey to high schoolers with health scien...
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September Blog

This first month in the program has truly been a learning but rewarding experience. I was scared to move from the Northeast, New York, to the South since it has very different cultures. While nothing compares to home, I have found New Orleans to be beautiful in its own way and am learning to appreciate it. The program has definitely given me the purpose to be able to navigate this on my own but also get help whenever I need. Going through the different modules, I have learned extensive amount of information that is so intriguing to me. During undergraduate, I felt I was learning such basic principles and also taking  many classes beyond my major which seemed wasteful at times. However, in the program I can apply what I learn to my day to day and it's all based on subjects I am greatly interested in. I never knew the differences between the NSAIDS and how inflammation in our body works. Now that I have learned it, I am able to understand why doctors recommend certain medications ove...
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