Updates

Hi, everyone! Sorry I haven't written in a while - life has been pretty intense. My friend Maria is visiting right now and we are having a wonderful time!

I have less than four months left of my Teach For America commitment and I'm really looking forward to pursuing a different career path. Teach For America has really opened my eyes to the inequities that exist in our educational system and has been a tremendous learning opportunity. I want to continue to help children, especially children with disabilities, but I don't want to continue to do that through the classroom. I take the MCAT in April and then will be spending the summer in Pittsburgh, taking physics and polishing medical school applications. Then it will be the waiting game to see if I get in anywhere.

In the meantime, I will move to Madison, Wisconsin in August to work for Epic Systems. I am very excited about this new challenge. I'm not looking forward to trading the HI weather for WI weather, but I can't wait to start the new job, Lizzy & Mike are already in Wisconsin, and I need to be back on the mainland.

Just wanted to keep everyone posted!

On a personal note, I have been having a great couple of months and trying to enjoy Hawai'i more. I love my improv class (Laughtrack Theater in Chinatown) and my swim club and all of my other activities. I recently ran the 8.15-mile Great Aloha Run with a huge group from Teach For America. I love living in Kailua!