>> I am an aluminis at the University of Maryland.
So I started [inaudible] in sciences.
It took a bunch of you know 101 classes, 100 classes just to kind of see what was out there
and then I decided on psychology.
My psych 101 professor, we went through one of the sections that we were going
through was the abnormal psychology and somehow I thought that schizophrenia was
like the coolest illness ever, obviously not if you have it, but the ins and outs of the causes
of it, the treatments out there, just I thought it was very interesting.
So I said you know what, let's do this psych major thing.
I'm going to grow up and I'm going to be a world-renowned researcher in neuropsychology
with schizophrenia as my just my world, my big piece of cake there.
Well four years, kind of figured half way through I have
to take all these elective credits so I might as well have them go toward something
so I can have a couple of pieces of paper and not just the one.
So I said you know what, I've always had a passion for Spanish language
and Spanish culture, so I said I'm going to minor in Spanish.
Got my minor in Spanish and I always had sort of an open ear for gender issues,
the LBGT issues, things like that.
So I said you know what, let's look at the women's studies, I had a couple 100 courses
in women's studies, and they interested me.
So I said you know what, I've got more electives I can devote towards something,
let's do that as well.
So I graduated officially with a bachelors in psychology, a minor in Spanish,
and then a certificate in women's studies.