Octavia Ailsworth has little than a twelvemonth earlier she graduates from Lincoln University. It's little than a twelvemonth earlier she sets her sights connected thing new.
Ailsworth plans connected becoming a doctor, but mentioned Friday astatine the Scruggs University Center that she whitethorn prosecute a master's grade successful nationalist wellness earlier attending aesculapian school.
"I decided connected medicine due to the fact that erstwhile I was younger, I was progressive successful a batch of STEM programs astatine home," she said.
She presently studies chemistry and minors successful mathematics. Her absorption is connected becoming a nephrologist, which diagnoses oregon treats conditions of the kidney.
In betwixt elder classes, studying, extracurricular activities and singing successful a chior, Ailsworth serves arsenic the Lincoln University pupil liaison to the Jefferson City Council.
She attends assembly meetings, which are held each different Monday, and provides accusation to update assembly members and the nationalist connected assemblage events and activities.
"We would similar to promote everybody to ascend the bosom crab consciousness Passion for Pink 5K tally connected Sunday," Octavia shared astatine an Oct. 17 meeting.
The acquisition allows her to task distant from field and acquisition a antithetic benignant of atmosphere, she said.
"I beauteous overmuch absorption connected providing a span betwixt the assemblage and Lincoln University," Ailsworth said.
University President John Moseley asked her to service arsenic liaison, she said, aft helium heard her talk astatine the Honors Convocation. Her code discussed erstwhile she decided to be the assemblage earlier freshman year.
She said attending a HBCU (historically Black assemblage university) was a apical priority, and erstwhile learning astir the assemblage astatine a occupation fair, a weird feeling came implicit "that possibly this is my school."
She said she doesn't regret her decision. Ailsworth said adjusting to surviving distant from home, Memphis, Tennessee, took clip due to the fact that she is an lone child. Memphis is acold capable that a play travel isn't plausible.
"Here astatine Lincoln, I immersed myself, I got progressive successful galore clubs and that truly helped maine thrive, I wasn't truthful homesick," she said.
She is simply a subordinate of the assemblage principles of worship gospel choir and a subordinate of the honors college.
Ailsworth said she decided to prosecute nephrology portion participating successful an internship astatine the Vanderbilt University Medical Center successful the laboratory for nephrology and hypertension.
"After I did much research, I talked with galore wellness professionals determination who besides studied the kidney, and I became precise funny successful it," she said.
After mounting down, Ailsworth dreams of having respective dogs.
"I person been begging my parents to springiness maine a canine my full life," she said with a laugh. "I bash privation respective ... possibly two."
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