I'm on my fourth life... Let me explain
I have been known to pursue my interests no matter what they are. I'm highly adventurous and love new challenges.
In one lifetime I did research for the National Institutes of Health detecting heavy metals in biological samples using Mass Spectrometry. I collaborated with chemist, biologist, and physicist that lead to presenting my findings at conferences and meeting a lot of cool people within STEM. The travel was amazing my best memory of this period is attending the ABRCMS conference in San Jose CA. I later went to grad school to prepare for med school applications and start my path to becoming an anesthesiologist.
After Graduation and leaving grad school due to financials a new life started the only call back I got from my job search was a bank... nothing to do with chemistry/law in which I held degrees in both fields... I took it and started a new path. Life number two! I worked in this role close to four years with no sight of advancement but I loved what I was doing and had plans to payoff debt but that came to a screeching halt in 2021. Mid pandemic layoffs were massive and I too got the cut.
Life number three! While at home journaling, reading, and getting much rest and living off savings I started researching business ventures and I thought I have all this free time I'll go obtain a CDL 😀 . From June 2021 until Oct I studied hard and obtained my commercial drivers license and in life number three I was an OTR truck driver. Sure, it has nothing to do with chemistry or criminal justice or banking but it did it. I adapted to the environment in which I was in buckled down and survived. I grew ill later in and had to turn in the keys for a while... back to square one ... again
Life number four! I went back into banking but this time with a different focus and new interest TECH! In 2023 I relocated from NC to TX and began independently studying cyber concepts. I obtained my first certification in aug '23 and later began learning python. I'm saying all that to say this NOTHING GOES AS PLANNED! It's great to have one and stay disciplined but life has a funny way of happening. I feel I am the most well rounded and diverse candidate on any team that I join. At 31 I hold a bachelors in chemistry, a bachelors in criminal justice, certified phlebotomist, commercial driver, and now certified in cybersecurity. I'am the definition of what it truly means to be recession proof and so proud of how far I've come. I will continue to live outside of the box the world has created for me-I'AM SHE -SHE IS ME!
