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Today marked an end of a huge chapter in my life. I finished working at Washington University to embark on a journey as a student obtaining my PhD in Biomedical Sciences. The ride has been bumpy getting to finally getting admissions into a PhD Program. After several times of applying I can honestly say I have received the most number of rejection letters anyone could receive to the point that I think I have learnt to deal with rejection very well (usually a pint of cookies and cream ice cream does it for me)! Living in Saint Louis alone as a young scientist-wanna-be has taught me so much: to balance my professional life, social life, and person life. I have built relationships in this city that I had not dreamt of! The last 2.5 years have been some of my most wonderful and memorable ones. Quick shout out to: ·       My parents/sister- for believing in me even when I didn’t ·       Dr. Robic- For keeping an eye out for opportu...

This past weekend was my last weekend as a STL Resident! While I still have a month before my move out date, I will be out of town for majority of it that I needed to make sure I made the most out of this weekend! Luckily, it has been the most eventful weekend in a long time! However, I would have been just as happy sitting at home with my STL Bestie, Stephanie! To kick off the weekend, Stephanie and I (and a few other friends of ours) went to a charity Zumba Night (Shake Your TaTas) for TaTa Sisterhood. This non-profit organization aims to not only raise awareness on triple negative breast cancer, but also provide support to women who have been diagnosed with this cancer. Triple negative is an aggressive tumor that is hard to detect in an annual mammogram and about 15-20% of all breast cancers are triple negative in the USA. The event was by far one of the most emotional zumba events I have been to. It was so inspiring to see woman who have fought the terrible fight of breast can...