Hello Wishbone Donors! First, I would like to thank you all for the great opportunity you have given me. Without you, donors, I would never have been able to learn the ins and outs of the medical field. The NSLC Medicine and Healthcare was a great opportunity to meet people who wish to be become doctors. I met many people, who I now constantly talk to on a day to day basis. During this program, we were able to do surgery simulations, learn about the different fields in medicine, make a PSA, talk with medical professionals, take leadership to a higher extent, and much more.

This program has really taught me what it takes to be in the medical field and what I can do to get into great medical schools. For example, they told us that medical school are looking for people who stand out and are not like the others, while also showing that they have a passion for medicine. I met a neurosurgeon who really inspired me to follow many of passions and dreams. This surgeon is also a police officer, survivalist, and a father. It really showed me that I could be more than one thing at life and I could make many of dreams come true, as time goes on. NSLC has opened my eyes to the field of medicine to a further extent and really made this summer great. From meeting great people, to meeting medical professionals, and much more, NSLC was truly an unforgettable experience and without you, donors, to help me, none of this would have ever happened. Thank You!

School has ended just a couple of days ago and I am really eager to go to my summer program. This summer program will give me the experience of what it's like to live on a college campus and show me how it feels to be far away from home. I am pretty nervous because it will be the first time I will not be close to family for ten days. However, I will be with people in the medical field, so I will really get to learn my field further. I am pretty sure that many skills that I learned in high school will be useful in this program, like overcoming adversities. During my first year of high school, I there were many adversities that I have met upon arrival. I was getting a lot more homework then I was used to, the learning styles of my teachers, the environment that I was surrounded by, and many more. These adversities were overcome and brought out who I am and who I have the potential to be. The skills that I learned this year will help me persist to be a leader.