I have always loved children, and after volunteering at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital of Atlanta in summer of 2011, I felt a calling to serve at a children’s hospital. Knowing the tremendous amount of effort that one had to put in order to become a pediatrician, or any doctor in fact, I decided to become a nurse instead. However, the summer of 2014, the summer of my freshman year in college, I met an acquaintance of my mom who was working as a physician assistant. I did not have much knowledge regarding the medical field, and it was the first time hearing about it. She told me that physician assistants had similar duties as that of a doctor, but instead of going through four years of medical school plus three to four years of residency, a physician assistant had to go through two years of a PA school. It sparked my interest, and immediately, I switched my major from nursing to biology and currently am studying in hopes that I will one day become a physician assistant. I have been in a hospital environment, so I do understand that working in the medical field will be full of unexpected situations and serious commitments. Even so, I will continue to aim for my dream no matter what obstacle comes in my