Kimsey

I hated science.   This aversion is rooted in my early teens: culminating from 1) how my grade schools exposed me to science, and from 2) a high school experience that reinforced a disposition that a heady "bohemian" wouldn't fit in in hard science.  I had no chance. 12 years later, I realized it is possible to have an interest in the avant garde, be a dissident and eccentric, and be a passionate scientist.   A series of experiences and profound epiphanies brought me to this.  First: I learned that Listeria Monocytogenes, upon contact with stomach acid, initiates a "cytoskeletal actin nucleation".  A dynamic, protective armor is suddenly synthesized.  And, the very synthesis of which also propels L-mono to-and-through the stomach epithelium.   I was floored!    Second: I was lucky to have university science faculty embrace my passion and eccentricity. A comfort from which enabled me to excel and dig deeper into science than I ever would have assumed Thusly, I am now applying to graduate programs, hoping to study molecular neuroscience with focus on better understanding and treating epilepsy, and its comorbidities.  

May 2014