Accomplishments

I did it, I graduated with a Master's of Science in Biomedical Anthropology. I wanted to be ambitious and as most people have heard me say one time or another, I wanted to be badass, which to me meant finishing both my bachelor's and my master's in four short years. Looking back, it was actually a very long four years. But now at the end of it, I made it, I did it. And I am badass.

In those four years, I crammed in over 150 credits of coursework, over 200 hours of lab work, countless presentations on Cystic Fibrosis, learning how to drive, over 3500 hours of work between Camp Wee Luv Em, The BonTon, Macy's and North Shore LIJ, four different CPR and first aid certifications, epipen trainings, over 40 field trips, 60 hours of crisis line trainings, 40 hours of online hotline trainings, hours of online hotline, crisis line, and advocacy shifts, growing and donating over 24 inches of my hair, over 30 doctors appointments, over 10 trips to the ER, 1 hospital admission, over 100 humira injections, I don't even want to estimate hours spent in the libraries, I do know there were multiple all-nighter's, but most importantly I crammed in lots of memories.

At the end of it, despite the challenges I faced and the times where I had I truly lost myself, I've learned who I am, who I want to be, how not to ever lose sight of that. One of my favorite artists (since the 8th grade) titled his journal: The Journey is the Destination, looking back I have a new appreciation for this. For all that I accomplished in 4 short years, it's not the degrees that are my biggest accomplishment but the hard work, the resilience, and the drive that got me there, it's my journey that has been my biggest accomplishment.