It's Been a While (and now it's ending)

So summer has gone and past - it's been a while. I started my senior year with a boom (or at least I hope I did anyways). I won't bother to sum up what the past few months have been like. It's been hectic and I even have a hard time processing everything. HOSA, Distinguished Young Woman, school, and college have absorbed my life.

Quick Summary:
I went to Nepal
Competed at State for DYW
Visited Chicago
Went to a HOSA Leadership Conference in Washington DC and Sacramento
And started senior year.

HOSA Washington
Leadership Academy

It's been hectic, I won't admit it - but it's been a journey. HOSA has been such an integral part of my life - I'm no longer an awkward freshman. I've become a leader, made new friends, and become a part of a leadership team that has changed my life for the better. I've always known what I wanted to do - at least I have an idea. For one it's going to be in the medical field - that's why HOSA is such a big help for me. But I LOVE global health - working with NGOs and traveling around the world would be such an amazing and fulfilling experience. I, for one, will be the first to say I want to be there when Doctors Without Borders finally reenters Somalia - the help that you can achieve there would be incredible. And that's the thing with HOSA - it's given be a chance to take a step closer to those goals. It's been prevalent throughout my entire life so far and I can't wait to continue on this journey.

Hospital in Nepal

I've gotten to travel across the country to meet my congresswoman and become an advocate, train in Sacramento - HOSA has given me so much and for that I'm grateful.

I've also went to Nepal to volunteer at a hospital there - I suppose that's where I lost touch with this blog. It was amazing and incredible and I'll write another post for it because I can't even describe how amazing it was.



I'll say the same thing about Distinguished Young Women. For those of you that don't know what it is, it's a scholarship competition for young women. The girls that I met at the state competition at Bakersfield have become my life longs friends.

DYW State Awards

Chicago was awesome. I got to drive up to Michigan to visit family, look at colleges, and fall in love with city other than the one I'm from.

In Chicago in front of
The Congress Hotel

I can ramble on and on about a ton of things but I'll end it here.
I'm going to be posting a lot more on this blog about stuff.
I know this post was just a complete mess, but I like to think that's just a reflection of my state of mind.

So whoever you are - thanks for checking my blog out and I hope that you and I can figure out how to survive senior year together.