Fernando Hernandez, presently an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics intern astatine Baylor College of Medicine, graduated from DeBakey High School for Health Professions successful 2014. Learn however his clip astatine DeBakey High School not lone furthered his emotion for subject but besides provided him assemblage aft surviving successful the U.S. for lone a year. This illustration is portion of a bid successful grant of the school’s 50th anniversary.
Question: How did attending DeBakey High School for Health Professions interaction your career?
Answer: DeBakey taught maine the basics of beingness sciences, microbiology and anatomy, which made the learning curve successful assemblage a batch little steep than it would person been. More importantly, it challenged maine similar nary different schoolhouse had earlier to enactment and deliberation supra my comfortableness level and taught maine the survey skills that I usage to this time arsenic a postgraduate learner. Without Dr. Loeb’s AP United States History class, I would not person sharpened my notetaking and synthesis of accusation skills and without Mr. Saikin’s AP biology people I would not person recovered my assemblage major.
Q: What is your favourite representation of being a pupil astatine DeBakey?
A: I can’t decide, truthful I’ll springiness two:
- Morning-long tract trips to ticker surgeries astatine MD Anderson Cancer Center. I saw my archetypal brace of lungs and bosom successful a surviving person, spoke with surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses and got to roam the hallways of the infirmary portion waiting for the autobus to prime maine up. Shoutout to the attending physicians who fto precocious schoolhouse students spot their jobs up adjacent and besides to the MD Anderson cafeteria!
- Watching “Kal Hoo Na Ho” successful Mr. Saldivar’s movie people arsenic a senior. I person ne'er laughed oregon cried truthful overmuch successful school. Definitely worthy each 3 hours and 4 minutes of people time.
Q: What did you larn astatine DeBakey that you would not person learned by attending different precocious school?
A: The database of topics is long. DeBakey has a unsocial program with introductions to microbiology, anatomy, physiology and galore wellness professions. Beyond the curriculum, DeBakey has an bonzer acceptable of teachers who are incredibly knowledgeable successful their tract and who basal for students to excel and marque DeBakey’s sanction shine.
Q: What proposal bash you person for the people of 2023 and beyond?
A: Some of you already person a beardown feeling astir what you privation to do. Take vantage of DeBakey’s program erstwhile choosing your courses each semester. You’re astatine a schoolhouse that offers you precocious classes successful a batch of topics and not conscionable successful the sciences. These courses volition situation you, but you volition reap the prize erstwhile you’re successful assemblage and up of galore of your classmates. But astir importantly, they’re a uncommon accidental to broaden your horizons and observe your passions with little stakes (and a little price) than college.
Q: Did attending a precocious schoolhouse for wellness professions assistance you successful different areas of your life?
A: Absolutely! When I started my acquisition successful DeBakey I had lone lived successful the U.S. for astir a year. I sharpened my English skills, made caller friends and learned resilience successful my idiosyncratic life.
By Aaron Nieto
English (US)