My name is Fahmeda Akther. I am currently a sophomore at the City College of New York. I am planning on pursuing a major in biology. With a Bachelors Degree in Biology, I would like to apply for the Physician Assistant program at CCNY. My interest for health care and science came from noticing that no one in my family is pursuing a career in these fields. In my culture, the elders think that women do not need to be educated, since they will eventually become a housewife. However, my parents did not raise my siblings and I with this mindset. They have always told us to pursue what makes us happy and what we are passionate about.

I would like to show people that there’s more that a woman can do, than just take care of the family. Woman are independent and should be considered equal to men. My goal is to make my parents happy and make them proud of me. My goal is to accomplish everything that I am capable of doing and not letting anyone’s negativity bring me down.

Everyone makes mistakes but it is essential to learn from your mistakes. I don’t consider my failures a failure, but actually a lesson. Writing may not be my greatest strength, but I hope to learn as much as I can from this class and use this knowledge to prepare me for the future. There will be many times when I will have to create a proposal or a research paper and I know the skills from this class will be beneficial for me.

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