Confessions of a Crescent City Transplant

24 year-old living to the fullest extent! I am a small-town girl from Kentuckiana that has ended up in the Crescent City- New Orleans, Louisiana. After being in the workforce with a bachelor's in biochemistry for a few years, I figured it was time to move onto the next step! I uprooted my life: left my job, my family, and even my fur-baby (tears*, no-pet apartment!) to be fearless in the pursuit of what sets my soul on fire. I am in the class of 2020 for Pharmacology at Tulane School of Medicine! Interests : Medicine, Art, Theatre, Eloise (my chorkiepoo) , Coffee, Ice cream (of all kinds), Kappa Alpha Theta, Travel, Christ, and Romania (FMN Ministries) Favorite Movie : Sweet Home Alabama Hansen's Sno-Bliz Favorite Music: Everything? Literally almost everything I can appreciate. Just depends on the day. Right now I love singer songwriter. Ron Pope is awesome. Favorite Book : My all-time favorite is probably Water for Elephants. Although I also enjoy The He...

It's been almost two months since Steven, my Ford Focus, and I made the journey from a small, rural town in Indiana to the Crescent City. After settling into my cozy apartment and exploring my new neighborhood (and adjusting to the climate), I met up with new friends in the program. From spending my birthday at the Pharmacy Museum, Hansen's, and District Donuts to a Mid-City Bowling mixer for our Pharmacology Class of 2020, I started to feel more comfortable about the upcoming school year and my home in New Orleans. I have been out of undergrad for a couple years now, so I was not sure how I would get back to studying- and more so how I could improve my learning threshold. We recently made it through our first "module", which was the Basic Principles of Pharmacology and Inflammation. The classes hit the ground running in Principles and Medical Pharmacology, and they covered drugs relating to NSAIDs, acetaminophen, Rheumatoid Arthritis, organ transplant immunosuppres...