Update
Hey guys! It has been a while since I’ve posted on here. Spring 2018 was a very busy semester, especially with me taking three stem courses at the same time which I have never done before.
Before the semester started, I traveled to Honduras for a week in January to do volunteer work as part of Smith College Global Medical Brigade. During this week, Smith volunteers and other college volunteers shadowed doctors in a clinic, interacted with community members, learned about the culture, and were part of a public health construction project.Â
This was such an amazing experience. I learned about the health care system in another country (the positive and negatives), how Global Brigades as an organization helps increase health care access to rural communities, I also got to shadow doctors and helped build a latrine for a family in need. More importantly, since Spanish is my first language, I got to talk to the community members, learn about their lives and interacted with the kids.
During the semester, there were a lot of cool things that happened.Â
In my genomes and genetics lab course, we got the chance to look at many things under a microscope; muscle cells, plant cells, and even my own chromosomes.Â
For my chromosomes, I had to use photoshop to cut them, pair them by size, organize them larger to smaller and put them into separate groups. Not gonna lie, it was a lot of work, especially the cutting out part, but in the end, it looked cool!
