UW Medical Center offers me the opportunity to grow as a mature adult to provide support to my community. Volunteering has come to my heart in bringing out my selflessness and helping me realize that I am part of something bigger than myself. UW Medical Center, in particular, gives me the ability to work in my desired field of medicine, especially laboratory research. Growing up in a community where medicine plays a large part of my family’s lives, I want the chance to dive deeper into the roots of medicine and hopefully research. I am very attached to the concept of serving others, and I find every opportunity to do so in a mature, motivated, and respectful manner. I hope to gain from this experience, the self-reward of being a small part