Highlights of Year 1

1. Making amazing friends: Becky Snyder, DeAnna Sosnowchik, Michelle Tadano, Pei Yu Lee, PDC brothers, to name a few.
   
2. Placing second in the OTC/Herbal Patient Counseling Competition with Hilary Campbell.
3. Working for Synapse (UCSF's student newspaper) as a staff writer & photographer.
4. Wine-tasting during the Spring Retreat in Napa Valley with four generations of PDC brothers.
5. Collaborating with medical and nursing students to organize UCSF's 10th Annual Integrative Medicine Forum.
6. Learning to take better pictures by being the "un"official photographer for the School of Pharmacy.
7. Jogging/strolling along the Coastal/Lands End trail with the wonderful views of the Golden Gate Bridge alone and with friends: Lynn Chen, Karoline Tum & Thomas.
8. Enjoying heavenly coffee and almond croissants from La Boulange Cafe in Cole Valley, a few blocks from my apartment.
9. Getting to know faculty members through social/extracurricular functions: Conan MacDougal & Christy Robinson, Lorie Rice, Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Mike Winter, Dr. Shetlar, Dr. Shafer, Sharon Youmans, Bob Day, Robin Coreli, Marilyn Stebbins, etc.
10. Hearing Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble's charismatic & animated speeches at the new student orientation and the White Coat Ceremony.
11. Witnessing amazing talents from fellow students: Skit Night, Mr. Pharmacy, Cultural Mosaic Show.
12. Providing free/subsidized services to the underserved while volunteering for the Hep B Clinics and Partners in D outreach events.
13. Getting over the fear of giving injections and gaining confidence in phlebotemy.
14. Being well-trained in insulin injection & the use of asthma inhalers.
15. Shadowing a clinical pharmacist, Lenny Chen, at Ocean Park Health Clinic in the Outer Sunset.