My mom would tell you that my fascination with the way bodies work has been an interest from childhood when I first watched the movie "Dolphin Tale" a real story about a dolphin whose tail got caught in a fishing trap, and later had to be amputated. I talked incessantly with curiosity and awe and when heading to Florida to see my grandfather, I used my negotiation skills to convince my mom to detour to Clearwater Marine Aquarium to see the dolphin named Winter in real life. After seeing the movie "Soul Surfer", a real life story about a surfer girl who got her arm bit off by a shark, I spent a cold snowy Halloween in Chicago dressed up as Bethany Hamilton. Fast forward many years and I am the girl who loves to dissect things in high school biology and anatomy classes while also enjoying being the President of our Women in Business Club. When speaking to my counselor I didn't think she was hearing me when I said I was more interested in life sciences, like bio medicine when she insisted all college bound seniors take physics. So, I needed special dispensation to take Sports Medicine along with physics my senior year. I wanted to make sure that I had classes I enjoy, albeit rather male dominated classes, as well as both business and biomedicine background as I entered college and started making choices about my major. As life would have it,I believe everything happens for a reason. My goals were transformed on a Wednesday morning before school when an influential female speaker came into the Women in Business Club. She spoke about her life, the path that led her here, and how she works as a business woman in the biomedical engineering field. I was awake, alert, and hanging on her every word. She was a business woman in the medical field, enjoying her job and making a difference. A perfect partnership of my two biggest academic interests coupled with PHYSICS!!! Hearing her was the first time I realized my goals were achievable. I was so inspired I went home, still talking about her presentation and called her later that evening, explaining how I appreciated her and simply asked “How do I be you? What path should I study to qualify for your job?” She said to work hard and have confidence and assured me there were many paths. I may want to be a biomedical engineer and use my leadership skills to create life saving devices. I might study biomedical sciences and business and end up being a manager or CEO of a corporation. Who knows? I may work in the area of prosthetics. I believe my dreams are possible and endless because of my hard work, but they have direction and hope and more focus because of Ms.Sachs, a mom of one of my classmates who volunteered her time on a Wednesday morning before school even started, to tell us her story of how she became a successful business woman in the medical field. I did want to be her, but now know I will be super successful being me, because of her.