My desire to become a pharmacist stems from when I saw people in my home country, Syria, suffering from the hardships of war. They did not have access to life-saving medicine due to the high costs. While living in Syria, I saw women, children, and men in the streets who needed help. There were no doctors, nurses, or pharmacists to help them because of the war. Some people even chose to die because the pain was so strong and getting medicine was too expensive or hard to find. Witnessing this at such a young age made me realize that I must pursue medicine and help people in need. Another moment in my life that made me know I want to pursue pharmacy was three days after my thirteenth birthday when my grandmother was diagnosed with brain cancer. This was very difficult because I knew very well that Syria did not have treatments and medicines for these types of illnesses, and I grieved a lot. It was difficult to watch my grandmother lose her hair and become weak, and every time we were on a video call I saw her getting weaker and more tired. My grandmother passed away in 2018. It was heartbreaking, but this experience also gave me something I will forever be grateful for — the desire to help patients through times of great uncertainty and pain. I started educating myself more about pharmacology, watching YouTube videos about the profession and how medicines are made. I also met with pharmacists to learn about their day-to-day functions and how they treat pain and other symptoms. I learned that the primary role of pharmacists is their ability to listen, empathize, and communicate effectively with their patients and families.

Being surrounded by nature and family brings me joy. When I lived in Syria, my grandfather owned a big farm. He had so many animals — baby chickens, ducks, two horses and rabbits. There were also many colorful fruit trees. I remember I used to go with my mom and grandpa in the mornings to pick fruits from the bright green trees and water the plants. There were red strawberries, apples, and peaches — all so fresh and ripe you just wanted to eat them right away and taste the juice of the fruits. My grandfather’s farm was about two hours away from my parent’s house. Whenever we would travel there, we would stay overnight and I would spend my time walking through the beautiful landscape and enjoying the natural environment. It was always quiet and peaceful. I would reflect on my life and remember my past experiences while being in the garden. I felt content smelling the fresh air and being in nature. In those moments, I felt like I did not need anything else in the world other than the farm around me and my family. It has been almost 10 years since I was in that farm in Syria. Since then, my grandfather has passed away and I have moved to the US, far away from the farm that once filled me with peace and happiness. But I still hold onto the joy that being in the farm brought me, and the memories I shared there with my family.

I would tell the world how beautiful everything and everyone is. To stop and look at their surroundings because even the smallest of things is there for them, as it is a gift from this earth. Yesterday I arose and the sky had the most beautiful hues. We must learn to look at the world and its blessings.

This is your chance to make a case for the originality of your project and its impact. The Milton Fisher Scholarship is not an award for things that have been done before, but for approaches to a problem that are innovative, fresh, and creative. What is distinctive about what you did? What impact has it had or is it expected to have? Distinctive: I did it because I went through the same situation. I got the same experience, so I feel what they feel. I also know what they want, what is the most important thing to get, what is the most important thing we have to give them, what they’re looking for. I feel for their children because when I came here, I was a child, and the thing that they’re feeling is the same thing I felt.

Seven years after I was born, the war in Syria began. My family feared for our lives. There were border guards, soldiers, and armed groups around us at all times. They would shoot everything that moved — they had no regard for human life. Men were kidnapped and forced to join the army. Families were torn apart. We had to leave. The only way to get out was on foot. We traveled along the southern border of Syria and along the northern border of Jordan. Walking at night across the plains was frightening, and what scared us the most was not being able to make any sounds. I just wanted to make it through alive and find a safe place for my family. I saw many other large families displaced with us. Young males were carrying old men because they were unable to walk, and some were carrying heavy luggage. My father and mother took turns carrying my younger siblings and our suitcases. When we finally arrived in Jordan, we lived in a tent for several weeks. It was a scary place. We were stranded in the middle of the desert and there was no water. The tent was always dark. The toilets were far away. We could not see any roads nearby. There were no schools. There were thousands of wounded people and children crying. I didn’t know what was going on around me. One day there was a fire in the tents and everything burned. We barely had anything, to begin with, but suddenly, all of our possessions were gone. We could not stay at the campsite. Our tent was destroyed, smoking and full of ash. We had to leave immediately. We went to a city called Irbid in Jordan. My family moved into a house there, but we felt lost because it was a new foreign country. The first two months were the worst. Syrians were forbidden to work and we did not have many rights. After four challenging years, we received a call telling us that we could come to the United States. My father said yes, and soon after we got a date to leave. This was when my life changed. I immigrated to the US as a refugee. I only started learning English five years ago. When I came to the US, everything was so different and new, especially the language. I always said to myself, I've had more difficult days than these days and I'm not going to let the difficulty of language hinder my ambition and future. It was tough, but I worked on myself because I felt reassured that I could have my freedom in the US. Being the first person in my family to go to university is a strange feeling but I am proud to have the opportunity to be a college student. I've been through extremely challenging hardships. I want to use my experiences as a refugee to help people, listen to their stories, and empower them to achieve their goals. There are many refugees who need help because they may be traumatized by their past experiences. Seeing others be hurt by violence and not being able to get treatment or medicine is what inspired me to not only go to college but apply to the pharmacy program. I hope as a pharmacist I will be seen by the community I serve as a trusted medical professional that can safely provide people with the medications needed to be healthy. By continuing to learn and develop academically.

My desire to become a pharmacist stems from seeing people in my home country, Syria, suffering from the hardships of war. They had no access to life-saving medicine due to the high costs. While living in Syria, I saw women, children, and men in the streets who needed help. There were no doctors, nurses, or pharmacists to help them because of the war. Some people even chose to die because the pain was so strong and getting medicine was too expensive or hard to find. Witnessing this as a young child made me realize that I must pursue medicine and help people in need. Now as a refugee in the United States, where there is medicine available, I want to dedicate my life to caring for others and contributing to the health of my community. My personal interest in the pharmaceutical profession is rooted in my desire to alleviate people’s pain. I want to learn about various topics related to healthcare, to be able to assist people and care for patients. I want to help patients feel better and recover as quickly as possible. I choose this career knowing it will fill my life with meaning and satisfaction.

Being surrounded by nature and family brings me joy. When I lived in Syria, my grandfather owned a big farm. He had so many animals — baby chickens, ducks, two horses and rabbits. There were also many colorful fruit trees. I remember I used to go with my mom and grandpa in the mornings to pick fruits from the bright green trees and water the plants. There were red strawberries, apples, and peaches — all so fresh and ripe you just wanted to eat them right away and taste the juice of the fruits. My grandfather’s farm was about two hours away from my parent’s house. Whenever we would travel there, we would stay overnight and I would spend my time walking through the beautiful landscape and enjoying the natural environment. It was always quiet and peaceful. I would reflect on my life and remember my past experiences while being in the garden. I felt content smelling the fresh air and being in nature. In those moments, I felt like I did not need anything else in the world other than the farm around me and my family. It has been almost 10 years since I was in that farm in Syria. Since then, my grandfather has passed away and I have moved to the US, far away from the farm that once filled me with peace and happiness. But I still hold onto the joy that being in the farm brought me, and the memories I shared there with my family.

My desire to become a pharmacist stems from seeing people in my home country, Syria, suffering from the hardships of war. They had no access to life-saving medicine due to the high costs. While living in Syria, I saw women, children, and men in the streets who needed help. There were no doctors, nurses, or pharmacists to help them because of the war. Some people even chose to die because the pain was so strong and getting medicine was too expensive or hard to find. Witnessing this as a young child made me realize that I must pursue medicine and help people in need. Now as a refugee in the United States, where there is medicine available, I want to dedicate my life to caring for others and contributing to the health of my community. My personal interest in the pharmaceutical profession is rooted in my desire to alleviate people’s pain. I want to learn about various topics related to healthcare, to be able to assist people and care for patients. I want to help patients feel better and recover as quickly as possible. I choose this career knowing it will fill my life with meaning and satisfaction.

Calculus is often thought of as a college mathematics course, with the main goal of mathematically preparing students for degrees in STEM, but it is also often seen as beneficial to students in non-STEM degree programs for developing critical thinking and problem-solving experience.

Numbers help us understand the world, and Math helps us understand numbers. The real-life applications of Mathematics are endless. We are surrounded by numbers, equations, and algorithms also Math is logic, black and white, yes or no, true and false. The main thing I love about math is that there is always a right answer. The process to get to the right answer can sometimes be what stresses people out and confuses them. Math is so straightforward in its contribution to life. Yes, there may be more than one way to get to the right answer, but there is only one right answer. The world is in chaos and will continue to be, math is a rock. Math is a rock. It is safe. When every other subject is questioning what has been supposedly proved in the past, math takes what we already know and uses it to solve problems. In a world full of change, chaos, and disaster, math is something that stays the same and continues to grow at the same time. I want to bend my perception of math in order to gain even more respect for it. All my life math has been the same, which is something I love about it. I want to continue to grow in my knowledge of math. my Math teacher makes you love math or hate math. If you have a love for math or even a basic understanding and respect, you will be more likely to want to go into a career field that uses math. On the other side of the equation, if you hate math, you will steer away from any career field that uses math, which eliminates quite a few options. I’d like to say that I always put God first, and truly, that is what I strive to do, but I know that I will always fail on that account. The one thing that I want to make sure I do, in terms of my career is to make sure that it always comes last. I never ever want to prioritize my career over my family or my friends. also because I am able to understand the various topics in mathematics well. I am able to conceptualize various geometrical figures and visualize the concepts. I am able to follow the logic of the derivations, laws, and theorems. Mathematics does not require a lot of memorizing of paragraphs.

Spirituality is deeply scientific and so very scientific that it transcends science. Science without spirituality is not only incomplete but also vulnerable. Such science is more likely to be misused and exploited by vested interests. It works for only those who can pay for it. Mathematics is the experience of defining the physical world; spirituality is the experience of defining the spiritual world. The mathematical world is infinite.

Loving myself is important to my life because I learn who I am. loving myself has always been a key part of my life. Even if at some point in my life I don't love myself. Begin able to love myself had its challenges which had started like anyone else, I'm sure.it's been tricky when I had low self-esteem, and I have seen myself as an outsider loving myself. Loving yourself is something every person needs at some point in their life. which is why I believe loving yourself is one of the joyous things in life. I love myself the way I am, with my virtues and my defects, my potential qualities, and those that I’m still trying to improve. I love and accept myself so that I can move towards knowing myself in the most sincere and subtle way I can. And so I can look for solutions with hope and bravery for each one of my difficulties if it’s even possible. And if it’s not, I accept the infinite possibilities that life wants to present to me. I love myself. And not just myself, but all of my dreams, illusions, hopes, and challenges. I’m aware that they all form a part of who am I. My successes and also my failures. Maybe there’s was no other way I could do it due to my circumstances, but I can always look for alternatives if the situation requires it. I believe everyone should be able to love themselves before they can love others. Bening in a state of happiness will give you the ambition to love yourself. By accepting yourself and being whoever you'd like to be, your presence can make others happy when I learned to love myself, Ireliezed my day goes by so much smoother.