Prologue.

Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion and respect to your own journey.

-s. mcnutt

So this is officially my first blog post! As I am currently internally screaming and literally cringing, in reality I am very very excited to share my thoughts with the wonderful, Dr. Villanueva and my fellow classmates! To quickly introduce myself, my name is Shane. I am originally from Norfolk, Virginia and moved to the city of Las Vegas in 2007. I have been living here since then, however, my heart remains on the East Coast. I am a full Filipino too, by the way, if anyone was curious.

I am 24 years young and am in the beginning process of pursuing my career in the medical field. This is my first semester resuming my undergrad credits. I dream to major in either Biology or Chemistry, and complete my years of education as a Doctor of Medicine; or particularly a Pharmacist.

As for my hobbies and interests, I feel that they are always changing and are ever evolving. I am a licensed Aesthetician and have a deep passion for the beauty and health industry. I received my license in 2016 and am currently working at the Spa at Wynn. I absolutely am in love with everything relating to self care and maintaining optimal health and youth of the body. To incorporate both the beauty industry and science behind the use of products and chemicals, I believe Pharmacy is the best path for me. My main hobbies are to read during my free time, spend time at the gym, indulge in sweets with my husband and loved ones, window shop for hours, and lastly manifest and daydream about my future success. Other than that, I am most comfortable at home and spend majority of my free time with family.

In regards to my English and Composition class, I am quite nervous and expect this course to be a challenge for me. I have always felt that formal academic writing has never been my forte, however I am eagerly looking forward to learn and improve my skills. My favorite thing about writing, and what I believe I have the most strength in, would be structure and grammar. I guess it’s the creative process I struggle with. My goal is to be proficient in this subject as well as produce well written and eloquently structured essays.

Anyways, I am looking forward this semester to read and share ideas with my new acquaintances. This is officially another new beginning of my life that I’m ready to conquer.