-: I think what was great about Pomona,
is even though it gave us a lot of tools for our careers,
there wasn't this pressure to do
one certain path, or one certain career path.
Because I didn't know yet, so I just
took the opportunity to take the courses that interested me.
And in retrospect, that worked out great because I took
courses that really aligned with what I'm doing now.
I took developmental psychology, I took genetics.
I TA'd genetics, I took neuroscience classes
that in retrospect are the perfect preparation work
for what I was going to do, I just hadn't realized that yet,
so I think just that flexibility of professors' willingness
to say yeah, my advisor said, you know if you want
to take that course, just go for it.
And I see at least 25 of my classmates at least once a year.
We get together on the east coast, in New York,
or DC, or Boston, I see some people in San Diego,
where my parents are from,
and, you know, we're friends, and very close,
we go to each other's weddings, but also,
we're on LinkedIn, and I have,
my friend is in med school, and saw a patient
with a genetic condition, and he texted me.
So, now, I know he's gonna be a doctor,
so when I'm working in my career, as a genetic counselor,
if I have questions for him from the medical side,
I can text him.
So I think it's fascinating to me
how we've remained close friends with Pomona classmates,
but also, it's become a professional contact,
which I didn't expect.