Q: What brought you to Wheaton?

A: I applied to Wheaton because of a friend who was attending Wheaton during my final year of high school. I actually tried to turn my application in online and was one hour late. I got her to print it out and turn it in to the admissions office with a letter of apology.

After I was accepted, I visited during my spring break and found the community to be so very welcoming. I loved the people and the open community that I did not expect to find here.

Q: How are you involved here?

A: I love the liberal arts focus that allows everyone to take a myriad of classes. I have equally enjoyed my literature classes, especially Wheaton in England, and my biology courses that have allowed me to explore the questions and mechanics of life.

I have done research on an invasive species in Lake Michigan for the past 3 years with Dr. Folino-Rorem. The close relationship has given me a greater understanding of how God can work through people and has also given me a desire to continue research later in life, albeit on a different organism.

Q: What do you like about Wheaton?

A: It is very cliché, but I have loved the people here, and I will greatly miss all the faculty and staff that I have gotten to know. I have several close friends that I will leave when I graduate, and I will miss both the camaraderie and their day-to-day examples as Christians.

Q: What would you like to do after graduation?

A: I am going on to medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in order to become a pediatric oncologist. Hopefully, I will be able to also become a research clinician.

Q. Something interesting about yourself: 

A: Due to odd circumstances and a summer program, I have lived in Williston Hall six semesters and one summer. I might be one of the few people under the current rooming system to have lived there so long.