NAME:
Jasmin Acosta
EMAIL:
jacosta09@mail.roosevelt.edu
ANTICIPATED GRADUATION DATE:
May 2019
HOMETOWN:
Grayslake, IL
WHY YOU CHOSE ROOSEVELT:
Close to home and gave me a lot of financial aid which made it affordable for me. Also, I really liked how diverse the campus was and how small the classroom sizes were.
MAJOR/MINOR:
B.S. in Biology, no minor
WHY YOU CHOSE THIS MAJOR/MINOR:
I’ve always been interested in biology and I want to go into the medical field.
DREAM JOB AND WHY:
I want to be a physician’s assistant working in a hospital. For starters the program is only 2 years long, you don’t have to go to med school and I genuinely like interacting with patients. I previously worked as a CNA and just having conversations with them and making them feel better, makes them happy and I want to be able to do that for others.
EXTRACURRICULARS (CLUBS, ORGS, JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, VOLUNTEER WORK, ETC.):
Natural Science Club, Scholar in the McNair Scholars Program, I work 2 jobs: Target and Administrative Assistant, previously volunteered at the Field Museum, currently doing research with Dr. Norbert Cordeiro
BOOK YOU’D RECOMMEND READING BEFORE GRADUATION:
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
FAVORITE QUOTE:
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED:
Captain Marvel
WHAT I WISH I KNEW BEFORE COMING TO COLLEGE:
More about clubs and how I could get more involved in school.