This Friday's Topic is the 5th installment in the Self-Construction Block of podcasts and will focus on the topic: Visualizing a Long-Term Plan for Your Life. This dialogue will go in depth with our interview to understand the great value in being able to see beyond the short-term and form habits that foster success in the long-term picture. 

This Friday's Guest is David Nathan MS. 

David is a first generation American born Ghanaian American. On both his maternal and paternal sides, he is among the first generation to be born in the United States of America. David born in Oklahoma but raised in Mobile, AL where he played football starting from the age of six and soccer since the age of four. David enjoys working out, running, writing poetry, writing songs, and is a writing and recording artist. Growing up in a single parent home in the southern Alabama, David knows and has experienced the institutionally biased realities and hostile racial climate minorities are exposed to in America. David graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2016 earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry and conducted research on Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia via KIF5A point mutations. KIF5A is a neuronal kinesin which is a molecular motor protein that is responsible for carrying cellular cargo such as mitochondria or other cell organelles. David earned his Masters in Biomedical Science from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in 2018. He has an interest in substance abuse prevention and preventive medicine and his thesis for his master is titled: ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES EXACERBATE WESTERN DIET INDUCED HEPATIC STEATOSIS: ROLE OF CYP450 FAMILY OF PROTEINS AND ALTERED LIPID METABOLISM. David presented the work from his thesis at the 2019 Western Medical Research Conference in Carmel, CA in January of 2019  and received the subspecialty award in Endocrinology.  David aspires to become a physician and help fight health disparities everywhere. Since a young age, David has always had an interest in the biological sciences since starting elementary school. His interest stems from his perspective of seeing intelligent design in coding (DNA/RNA), form (proteins/cells/tissue), and function (organs/organ systems/organism) that point toward a highly intelligent creator. David plans to continue to refine and use all his talents to help, serve, and enlighten others for a lifetime.