The Importance Of A Career In Health

From adolescence I was aware that I would have a career in health care. I wasn’t sure what type of health career I would have or what my involvement in health care would entail. As I grew, so did my curiosity with all aspects of health. My earliest memory of my interest in health was in the 3rd grade when I was on the track team. After my first practice I first learned about heart rate and pulse. I was beyond intrigued and amazed by the correlation of heart rate and pulse. Later that year, my interest in health was subconsciously encouraged through relatives. One relative graduated from nursing school and the other from the fire academy. My tenacious interest in health continued to root itself. I found myself carrying conversations with my relatives, working in health, about Louis Pasteur and pasteurization. I then realized how fortunate I was to have strong and positive influences to cultivate my health knowledge.

I consider myself to be one of the more truly fortunate Hispanics by coming from a family of such perseverance. According to sociology, children of parents who grew up in poverty typically would not have opportunity for

I was having a weekend getaway with my cousins when, at midnight, we were told that we had to return immediately. I was unaware of the gravity of why I had to come back home so soon, but I knew that it was severe. When I arrived to the hospital, I found out my brother had suffered a heart attack and passed away. I was numb and didn’t know how to process that information. He was my guiding light on my journey going back to school and coping with the death of my first brother. Instead of crying hysterically, all I could think of was “situations like this need to be prevented.” It could have been easy to give up but perseverance and resilience were my only options. Giving up on my dreams had never crossed my mind but my fortitude grew stronger with every wrench thrown my