 I volunteered in a neonatal ICU and that summer I met this beautiful baby girl who had complete intestinal atresia that means none of her intestines were formed and she couldn't be fed by mouth she had to have a peripheral nutrition and I remember thinking she was so hungry and she would cry and hunger a lot and I remember holding her just as a volunteer as often as possible and I remember falling in love with her and thinking that there was nothing else I wanted to do more in the world than to learn and to become a lifelong learner so that I could help patients like her. I always kind of knew I wanted to work with children but I think in medical school when I worked closely with very sick children in the pediatric ICU and and kids suffering from cancer I think it it was much more meaningful to me and so from from then on I I knew that pediatrics was was the right choice and then in terms of children and pediatrics I was always very interested in the science of development it was just amazing that every week every month this person is now almost completely different their physiology diff is different and keeps changing throughout the time that you know you see the patient so it's one of the reasons why I chose pediatrics medicine and pediatrics in particular. I get to play with kids all day long and give out stickers and hugs it's the best job.