-: Virginia Tech really prepared me
for everything I am doing today.
I don't know how I goy so lucky to go to Virginia Tech,
but I feel like it's part of me now.
It's part of who I am, and I certainly
gained some skills at Virginia Tech
that helped me in medical school and now in my life,
and if I were to,
to boil them down I would say,
it's the hard work.
Virginia Tech is,
some people say it's hard to get into, say, another school,
but it's hard to stay here
and it's academically challenging,
and so when you graduate from Virginia Tech,
people know you've worked hard.
So I feel like I developed a good work ethic here.
I also developed a sense of community and service,
and being a doctor I feel like
I'm serving the children of my community.
That is actually played out
where I have actually tried to serve
a broader scope of children.
So I have my pediatric practice,
but I've gotten really involved in volunteerism,
and I credit Virginia Tech with that.
It would be enough to work my full days as a pediatrician,
but my days off I find looking for ways
to give back to my whole community.
To support efforts that are going on.
To improve children's health care.
Not just in my community too
but across the state of Virginia.
So Virginia Tech teaches you right away when you get here
that it's important to serve.