Personal statementYulei Qian

I am currently a senior attending Ohio University, in the Applied Nutrition-Dietetics program and enrolled in the Diabetes Certificate. I chose this major is because first, I am a huge food lover, second, I want to make some changes for a healthier life, start from myself, then I can tell others how to eat better and healthier diet in their life.

I plan to graduate in May of 2018. Before graduation, I plan to find a job related in applied nutrition, like clinical dietitian, or a dietitian counselor. For the next five to ten years, I may start my own clinic. For this summer, I hope I can finish my dietetic internship, which is a good experience for me and this would help me in my future career.

Last summer I went back home and volunteered in a non-profit organizationcalled “Zhejiang Big love”, that helps old people prevent the Alzheimer disease.In this origination, I experienced a lot team work, teammate and teammate collaboration. Also, I really enjoyed talking with old people, they were funny and fully experienced. I really hope that next time I can work with some patients in hospital.

I am also passionate in diabetes, psychology and environment health, that is why I am getting my diabetes certificate, psychology and environment health minor degree when I graduate. For example, psychology 2410, which I am taking it this fall, talks about a child’s thoughts changing during a certain periodof time, which is really interesting. In addition, I started work at shively hall thisfall, just get closed to foods and get some basic experiences. Though worked at dining hall indeed exhausted me, the communication and organization skills I earned is valuable.

My career goal is to become a dietitian. I like to talk to people and I love to help them with their diet issues. I would like to start at non-profit organization, get in touch with others and get familiar with my future work. My interests also include environment health, diabetes and psychology, which I intend to incorporate into my career.