
Hobbies and interests
Tennis
Volleyball
Studying
Cooking
Volunteering
Dentistry
Veterinary Medicine
Reading
Adventure
Biography
Classics
Cookbooks
Environment
Health
I read books multiple times per week
Stacey Liu
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Stacey Liu
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Hello, I’m Stacey,
I’m currently in my undergraduate years of college, majoring in pre-dentistry at the University of Augusta.
I have many goals for my future after I graduate from dental school but along the way, I want to inspire young children who are first-generation kids of immigrant parents. Being a child of immigrant parents isn’t easy as many do say. But these parents including my own have put their child’s needs and education in front of their whole life making sure I have everything I need for a successful future of becoming what I want to be. Many first-generation high school graduates have struggled through their years of being the first in their families to achieve this great education that their parents didn’t get to achieve when they were younger. Picking one of the hardest occupations to become, shows that once you put your heart into it and use the resources that are given by your parents, you’re able to achieve anything.
Healthcare is one of the major things that are lacking in many countries because it’s expensive and many can’t afford it. One of my goals for the future is to become a pediatric dentist for children who can’t afford to get proper dental care because it’s not available to them due to where they live. Though dental care is not one of the biggest health crises, I intend on helping them achieve healthier oral health since oral health can be one of the leading agents of cancer, heart diseases, and diabetes. I hope to leave them with a happy, wholesome smile.
Education
Augusta University
Associate's degree programMajors:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
Islands High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Dentistry
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
Career
Dream career field:
dental
Dream career goals:
Pediatric dentist
Teacher’s assistant
Church Daycare2018 – 20191 yearVeterinary technician
2020 – 20211 year
Sports
Tennis
Varsity2020 – 20211 year
Public services
Volunteering
High school — Animal Care2018 – 2021Volunteering
Church2018 – 2019Volunteering
Church — Teacher’s assistant2018 – 2019
Future Interests
Advocacy
Politics
Volunteering
Philanthropy
Entrepreneurship
Bold Empathy Scholarship
Empathy is the ability to sense what others are feeling as well as understand them. Many people have problems they go through every day and nobody truly knows what they feel because they aren't them. Whenever a close friend or family member comes to me to get something off their chest, I try my best to understand the situation they're going through and hope to have a similar experience as them so they know that they aren't alone. I listen carefully and give them all my attention so they'd feel I'm there for them. By looking at their facial expressions and actions, I could tell how serious something is.
I've shown sympathy to a girl in the bathroom when I saw her break down in tears, not knowing what she's going through, I would ask her what's wrong. By letting her know that I'm willing to listen even though I don't personally know what's the situation. Sometimes talking to a stranger would make things a little better because they're an outside person.
Mental Health Matters Scholarship
Mental health has been on the rise in the last decade. Between 1 to 2 people in 100 have developed severe mental illnesses. Illnesses can be from depression, bi-polar, to schizophrenia. Between 76% to 85% of the people in the world aren’t able to find the proper treatment they need due to low income and can’t afford the therapy hours needed causing them to carry the burden all through their life. Majority of the population tend to keep their mental health issues hidden from family members or friends who wouldn’t understand and are afraid of their reactions to the issue. This causes them to live with the conditions alone and cope with the symptoms badly. Anxiety and depression is the top illness that today’s millennials experience with their parents telling them it’s not really real, causing them to struggle to live their daily lives.
Many of my friends are the children of immigrant parents and foreign parents, including my own, aren't the biggest believers of mental health problems. The lack of education provided about mental health wasn't given to immigrant parents because of money issues or to find a better place to start a life, mental illness is the last thing on their mind. Children of asian American, Pacific islands, and Latinx immigrants have a significantly higher percentage of developing depression, anxiety, and PTSD. These issues are seeds planted by their parents and new people around them who express inequality, cultural segregation, and language barriers. These kids have the weight of their whole family on their shoulders causing them to feel stressed, seeing that they need to be successful in the future to support their parents who moved to a new country to give them a better life.
Though I haven’t helped a whole community, I do like to say that I’ve expressed leadership to a few of my friends. I’ve experienced, hopefully only a small symptom of mental illness. Many wouldn’t feel comfortable talking to strangers on the hotline crisis, as I’m being honest, sometimes it doesn’t feel like the best option when talking about a personal issue. But everyone has their preferences of getting help for their mental illness. The way of helping my friends cope with their personal mental illness, I let them feel safe and comfortable with talking to me. By building a trust and an understanding connection with them, it tends to feel easier on them when someone who truly understands them is there for them. Letting them understand that they aren’t alone when it comes to coping with these symptoms. I hope to help anyone I can when they go through these terrible times, reminding them that there’s always a rainbow after a bad storm.