Well here's what you need to know! My FULL name is Madeline McCarthy Regan, but please by all means call me Maddie I would actually prefer it. I'm the oldest of three girls, and all our names start with M and have 6 letters: Maddie, Monica, and Mollie. I'm from Portland, Oregon and went to Jesuit High School. I love to play the piano and totally geek out over Planet Earth, or most any nature documentary for that matter... The last few years I've become very involved in homeless outreach, and plan to lead my third week-long immersion into homelessness this summer when school gets out.
I picked Santa Clara because of the school foremost and the great education I could get here, but also I won't lie and say the weather is WAYYYY better here than in Portland. I came back from winter break to see blue sky, something that seemed foreign to me after my stay in Portland. I'm currently a biology major switching to Psychology. I would love to become a Psychologist and work in a hospital diagnosing and treating children. Besides that let's see, my favorite color is blue, I love spicy food, and am one of the most ticklish people you'll ever meet. I once involuntarily kicked the person giving me a pedicure because of it. So that's me in all my 5'3" glory!
I am also extremely ticklish, something that I somehow hid from my little sister for the past twelve years. That's so cool you want to be a psychologist. My aunt is a neuropsychiatrist at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center conducting clinical research.
ReplyDeleteI have thought about studying psychology and psychiatry before. At Rockhurst seniors were given two weeks in January to serve at a local charity during school hours (instead of class). I worked at a local non-profit school for kids that have learning disorders as a result of some emotional trauma. Most of the kids were taken from their family by Child Protective Services and were stuck in the foster care system. The charity also offered housing for kids without foster parents.