Episode 117 – Kristen, second year medical student at University of Utah School of Medicine

“I want to do more; I want to know what those numbers mean, I want to have that impact on people.” Kristen had always wanted to be a doctor, but fell in love with systems biology engineering in undergrad and later landed a job as a Technical Program Manager. While presenting at a conference, she was asked if she understood what the numbers she was presenting meant in terms of how they relate to treating a patient, and it was then that she realized she wanted to do more. We talk about her career as a Data Engineer and the places she experienced because of it. She shares what it was like to have a husband in The United States Air Force looking for order options while trying to match with med school applications, and finally, what it was like “learning how to learn” as a non-traditional student.