| When the question of one's dream job is asked, | | | | several ankle and knee injuries, I found myself |
| many people have elaborate answers filled with | | | | spending many of practices in the athletic training |
| extravagant things and most of all millions upon | | | | room. Combining my passion for sports and intrigue |
| millions of dollars. | | | | for athletic rehabilitation, I finally came up with the |
| However, for me, that is not the case. My dream job | | | | job I would consider a dream. |
| arose from a simple arthroscopic knee surgery that | | | | My dream would be to obtain a B.S. in Biology or |
| my younger sister had done about five years ago. | | | | Exercise Science/Kinesiology and then pursue a M.D. in |
| Following the completion of my sister’s knee | | | | Sports Medicine. With this educational background and |
| surgery, she had to begin physical therapy to regain | | | | a lot of scholarships in sports medicine, I hope to |
| full motion and use of her left knee. For some | | | | culminate my dream by becoming the head team |
| reason, I decided to tag along with her to one of the | | | | physician for a professional basketball team and |
| therapy sessions and the rest, as they say, is history. | | | | hopefully become the first African-American female |
| That physical therapy session totally captivated me | | | | athletic trainer/physician for a team in the National |
| and changed my whole life goal. For as long as I can | | | | Basketball Association. |
| remember I always wanted to be a pediatrician, but | | | | My dream job may not seem as intricate as others, |
| after getting involved in sports and going to my | | | | but my love for sports and helping others runs |
| sister's physical therapy sessions, I knew I had | | | | extremely deep; and finding a career that can |
| another calling that I just could not deny. Since the | | | | combine the two would be a dream for me. |
| age of 13, basketball became my life and after | | | | |