How many black women do you see in the medical field? Not many.In fact it's only about 13% of women who are in the medical field. Which is one of the main reasons I'm going to Major in biology and proceed to go to medical school. Growing up I've always been one of the only mixed girls in school which has taken an enormous toll on my high school career. I was "too black" to hangout with the group of Mexican kids and I was "too Mexican" to hangout with the group of black kids and of course I was way too Mexican and black to hangout with the white kids which was a majority of my school. I felt limited to extra-circulars and certain activities at school due to the fear of being the only person of color. I always shied away from activities where I knew I was going to be the only person of color which was one of my biggest regrets. I was never excited to go to school knowing I was looked at differently. I felt as if I would never be able to be successful being the only black student in a majority of my classes. I have never felt excited to go to a class until I started biology class second semester.I've never been excited or fell in love with a class like I did biology so this was all so new to me. I came home and the first thing I wanted to talk about with my mother was what I learned or what lab I did in biology class. I would only ever raise my hand in biology class but again that was still very rare . I wanted to stay after class and ask personal questions about the lesson. Which is something I would never typically do. I didn't think I had a passion for science in the beginning until my following year where I took chemistry and also loved it and the following year I took medical terminology and absolutely fell in love with the class. The concept of being able to learn something so hands on instead of just constantly writing and filling out worksheets repeatedly, was just so amusing to me. My junior year of high school came and I was losing my passion for school as my school was going through a lot of diverse issues. The easiest way to avoid these was simply not going to school. So I took the easy way out and chose to miss a lot of school. This was also the year I started medical terminology class which I absolutely fell in love with. I loved the concept of the class being English and science based at the same time. I love the fact that the teacher was "different" just like me. For once I was in a class and didn't feel excluded or different in any type of way. There were multiple students who looked like me and that just made me feel so much more comfortable. Although I was so amused by biology, medical terminology gave me a different perspective on what I wanted to do with my future. I realized when I was surrounded by more people like me doing what I loved, I was easily more comfortable and more engaged. I never would have thought about pursuing a degree in science since a lot of minority women do not but I want to be the change that I wanted to see throughout my four years of high school.

How many black women do you see in the medical field? Not many. Which is one of the main reasons I'm going to Major in biology and proceed to go to medical school. Growing up I've always been one of the only mixed girls in school which has taken an enormous toll on my high school career. I was "too black" to hangout with the group of Mexican kids and I was "too Mexican" to hangout with the group of black kids and of course I was way too Mexican and black to hangout with the white kids which was a majority of my school. I felt limited to extra-circulars and certain activities at school due to the fear of being the only person of color. I always shied away from activities where I knew I was going to be the only person of color which was one of my biggest regrets. I was never excited to go to school knowing I was looked at differently. I felt as if I would never be able to be successful being the only black student in a majority of my classes. I have never felt excited to go to a class until I started biology class second semester.I've never been excited or fell in love with a class like I did biology so this was all so new to me. I came home and the first thing I wanted to talk about with my mother was what I learned or what lab I did in biology class. I would only ever raise my hand in biology class but again that was still very rare . I wanted to stay after class and ask personal questions about the lesson. Which is something I would never typically do. I didn't think I had a passion for science in the beginning until my following year where I took chemistry and also loved it and the following year I took medical terminology and absolutely fell in love with the class. The concept of being able to learn something so hands on instead of just constantly writing and filling out worksheets repeatedly, was just so amusing to me. My junior year of high school came and I was losing my passion for school as my school was going through a lot of diverse issues. The easiest way to avoid these was simply not going to school. So I took the easy way out and chose to miss a lot of school. This was also the year I started medical terminology class which I absolutely fell in love with. I loved the concept of the class being English and science based at the same time. I love the fact that the teacher was "different" just like me. For once I was in a class and didn't feel excluded or different in any type of way. There were multiple students who looked like me and that just made me feel so much more comfortable. Although I was so amused by biology, medical terminology gave me a different perspective on what I wanted to do with my future. I realized when I was surrounded by more people like me doing what I loved, I was easily more comfortable and more engaged. I never would have thought about pursuing a degree in science since a lot of minority women do not but I want to be the change that I wanted to see throughout my four years of high school.

How many black women do you see in the medical field? Not many. Which is one of the main reasons I'm going to Major in biology and proceed to go to medical school. Growing up I've always been one of the only mixed girls in school which has taken an enormous toll on my high school career. I was "too black" to hangout with the group of Mexican kids and I was "too Mexican" to hangout with the group of black kids and of course I was way too Mexican and black to hangout with the white kids which was a majority of my school. I felt limited to extra-circulars and certain activities at school due to the fear of being the only person of color. I always shied away from activities where I knew I was going to be the only person of color which was one of my biggest regrets. I was never excited to go to school knowing I was looked at differently. I felt as if I would never be able to be successful being the only black student in a majority of my classes. I have never felt excited to go to a class until I started biology class second semester.I've never been excited or fell in love with a class like I did biology so this was all so new to me. I came home and the first thing I wanted to talk about with my mother was what I learned or what lab I did in biology class. I would only ever raise my hand in biology class but again that was still very rare . I wanted to stay after class and ask personal questions about the lesson. Which is something I would never typically do. I didn't think I had a passion for science in the beginning until my following year where I took chemistry and also loved it and the following year I took medical terminology and absolutely fell in love with the class. The concept of being able to learn something so hands on instead of just constantly writing and filling out worksheets repeatedly, was just so amusing to me. My junior year of high school came and I was losing my passion for school as my school was going through a lot of diverse issues. The easiest way to avoid these was simply not going to school. So I took the easy way out and chose to miss a lot of school. This was also the year I started medical terminology class which I absolutely fell in love with. I loved the concept of the class being English and science based at the same time. I love the fact that the teacher was "different" just like me. For once I was in a class and didn't feel excluded or different in any type of way. There were multiple students who looked like me and that just made me feel so much more comfortable. Although I was so amused by biology, medical terminology gave me a different perspective on what I wanted to do with my future. I realized when I was surrounded by more people like me doing what I loved, I was easily more comfortable and more engaged. I never would have thought about pursuing a degree in science since a lot of minority women do not but I want to be the change that I wanted to see throughout my four years of high school.

How many black women do you see in the medical field? Not many. This is one of the main reasons I'm going to Major in biology and proceed to medical school. Growing up I've always been one of the only mixed girls in school which has taken an enormous toll on my high school career. I was "too black" to hang out with the group of Mexican kids and I was "too Mexican" to hang out with the group of black kids and of course, I was way too Mexican and black to hang out with the white kids which was a majority of my school. I felt limited to extracurriculars and certain activities at school due to the fear of being the only person of color. I always shied away from activities where I knew I was going to be the only person of color which was one of my biggest regrets. I was never excited to go to school knowing I was looked at differently. I felt as if I would never be able to be successful being the only black student in a majority of my classes. I had never felt excited to attend a class until I started biology class in the second semester. I've never been excited or fallen in love with a class like I did biology so this was all so new to me. I came home and the first thing I wanted to talk about with my mother was what I learned or what lab I did in biology class. I would only ever raise my hand in biology class but again that was still very rare. I wanted to stay after class and ask personal questions about the lesson. Which is something I would never typically do. I didn't think I had a passion for science in the beginning until the following year when I took chemistry and also loved it and the following year I took medical terminology and fell in love with the class. The concept of being able to learn something so hands-on instead of just constantly writing and filling out worksheets repeatedly was just so amusing to me. My junior year of high school came and I was losing my passion for school as my school was going through a lot of diverse issues. The easiest way to avoid these issues was simply not going to school. So I took the easy way out and chose to miss a lot of school. This was also the year I started medical terminology class which I fell in love with. I loved the concept of the class being English and science-based at the same time. I loved the fact that the teacher was "different" just like me. For once I was in a class and didn't feel excluded or different in any type of way. Multiple students looked like me and that just made me feel so much more comfortable. Although I was so amused by biology, medical terminology gave me a different perspective on what I wanted to do with my future. I realized when I was surrounded by more people like me doing what I loved, I was easily more comfortable and more engaged. I never would have thought about pursuing a degree in science since a lot of minority women do not but I want to be the change that I wanted to see throughout my four years of high school.