by Guest » 26 Apr 2007, 06:22
As an undergrad I did a practica at a early childhood development center too! I love working with children and adolescents!
With my MPH degree I worked in Maternal and Child Health: I did perinatal education, worked in a childhood immunization program and then worked in a teen clinic running a program for pregnant and parenting teens. I also am a certified Lactation Educator through UCLA.
I now work in a university setting (though I work mostly from home) helping to write grant proposals and journal articles. I am starting the process to get approval to do my own research project. It is quite a versatile degree.
I originally wanted to be a therapist like you! But I felt led more toward health education. I started reading Prevention magazine when I was 17 so I have always been interested in health promotion. A lot of my family have nursing degrees so I guess health care must just be in our blood. I wasn't so sure I could actually draw blood though so I resisted going to nursing school though I might go back someday after I get done paying for my own kids to go to college! :D
That is great you know what you want to do! I think graduating from college can be scary unless you have a real calling for where to go next. Do you enjoy school? If I could get paid for it I would probably stay a student forever! My parents used to joke that they couldn't get me out of school and they couldn't keep my sister in! (She wanted to drop out of college, but did finish)!
Hope today is a good day and you manage what you need to get done with no pain. Did the advil help?
Chat with you later,
Lecia