In Five Years

In five years I see myself both in graduate / PhD School and working for a major organization as a professional health educator.  I would like to go onto higher education and do research in diet/disease relationships showing that mental health diseases like Alzheimer's and other types of Dementia can not only be treated successfully and overcome, but more importantly, can be prevented.  Throughout my life, I have learned that the mental health of individuals is strongly related to the way they take care of themselves and the diet they consume on a regular basis. 


I would like to continue this passion and desire for making the world a better place that I have by going on to higher education to not only gain more knowledge, but also do the type of research that I see lacking in healthcare today. Specifically, we need to treat the root cause of the disease and the reasons why it is happening instead of the symptoms that appear as a result.  


We won't get anywhere in healthcare by continuing to treat the symptoms and cover up the reasons why the major diseases we face today are occurring. In order to truly fix the problem, we have to look deeper and ask the types of questions that most people either aren't aware to ask or are uncomfortable to ask, which are, what are we doing or not doing in our behavior to end up with these results?  How do we need to change our daily routine in order to be able to have the health outcomes that we are wanting to have?  With this knowledge and passion, I see myself as a knowledgeable, highly skilled individual with lots of power and the role to truly help get this type of thing not only in the talk but actually turn it into reality for the betterment of the entire world.


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