Improving Health Care Everywhere
Coming from an underserved population, I understand how important it is to try to improve health care everywhere. In my eyes health care is extremely important and suitable health is essential even in low-income communities. I am proud of where I cam from and would give anything to have the privilege to help establish the medical resources it lacks when I become a health care professional. I know, first hand, how hard everyone in my community works in jobs that some people would never do. The orchards and warehouses are time-consuming and body-wearing jobs that require huge amounts of physical labor in extreme conditions. The warehouses are kept at very cold temperatures in order to keep the fruit from spoiling, but it does not benefit the workers. Being out-doors, orchards have unpredictable weather and working conditions. The summers get blistering hot, but the work still needs to be done in order for everyone to get his or her fruits at the supermarket everyday. The winter brings with is unemployment because the jobs in the orchard during the winter months diminish. Those individuals with winter jobs face the unforgiving cold that is likely to be coupled with snow. The people in my community have no choice but to work in these jobs if they want to be employed.
I believe it is important for people to be able to relate with their health …show more content…
It is important to me that the younger generations see me and others like them going to school and getting an education to return to our hometown and providing them and their families with care. Perhaps the knowledge that people with the same culture and ethnicity made it and were able to go through with their dreams would inspire more diversity in higher education and allow every culture to be better represented in the health care
I believe it is important for people to be able to relate with their health …show more content…
It is important to me that the younger generations see me and others like them going to school and getting an education to return to our hometown and providing them and their families with care. Perhaps the knowledge that people with the same culture and ethnicity made it and were able to go through with their dreams would inspire more diversity in higher education and allow every culture to be better represented in the health care