When I began my undergraduate career, I was majoring in culinary arts. However, as I found similarities between my culinary classes and chemistry, I realized that it wasn’t the creativity and the flavor of culinary arts that sparked my interest, rather, it was the reactions that take place when mixing ingredients and how food is processed in the human body. I quickly diverted my attention away from the culinary arts and into a different realm. The knowledge I was seeking could be found in chemistry and biology classes and I began working toward a career in pharmacy. The more I learned about the connections between food and medicine, the more my fascination with the human body grew. My enthusiasm for chemistry grew further when I began taking higher-level science courses and working in the field. My academic and professional experiences over the past few years have only strengthened my desire to become a pharmacist.
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During my time at Rxtra, I was in charge of tasks ranging from producing hormone replacement therapy pellets to sterilizing, packaging, and assuring the quality of each batch number. Being meticulous in my work was essential to ensuring that the proper medication was produced and followed by the proper documentation. Any detail overlooked may be detrimental to a patient’s health and to the success of the pharmacy itself. I was able to observe the pharmacist hard at work every day and realized that pharmacy is my calling. I owe my success in my undergraduate courses and the workplace to my detail-oriented personality. Being meticulous in my studies has and will continue to help me make connections between different, yet similar subjects in my graduate courses. In order to see the big picture, I must be able to recognize and organize all the microscopic