Morgan Carter

February 2nd, 2020

Her

Hi, my name is Morgan Carter. I am 18 years old and a freshman at CCNY. I am an only child and growing up it was always just me and my mother. We are the same sign and are birthdays 19 days apart. So you can imagine that we bump heads quite often. In fact, we are almost complete opposites. She is a scholar, elegant, graceful and strong. She’s kind of like Claire Huxtable. Then there’s me I am into hip-hop, tattoos, piercings, etc. In fact, the only thing among the few things we have in common is that we are very smart. In fact, I kind of believe she forced me to be smart to keep up with her. With that being said she is my best friend and she’s taught me everything I know. She has molded me into the independent go-getter I am. She used to tell me this story of me being in the ICU and how she sat next to me for 3 days and wouldn’t move in order to be sure that I was ok.

So you can imagine my shock and pain when she got breast cancer. I don’t quite remember how old I was but I do remember that time. Nobody was around it was me and her. Imagine being a young girl and a woman who breaks her back and kills it every day is sick. In fact I remember when she had to get surgery. I was crying in the hospital so much. I was hysterical. My mother was about to go into something I couldn’t understand, something I couldn’t help her with, something I couldn’t experience with her and I was alone. Remember I said my mother was my best friend, well being the mother she is she said she wasn’t going into surgery until someone came and got me to make sure I was ok. I felt empty I did everything with my mom. I was a little girl I was sure she was going to die. I think that’s the day I realized I wanted to help. I didn’t know who I wanted to help but I knew it was something there.

When I turned about 11 my cousin Jesiah was born and when she first came home I told them to take her back. She ended up growing on me and now she’s my little sister. She has seizures and I don’t know why but I feel like I’m her protector so I have to make sure she’s ok at all times. Then her sister Makayla came and I realized I am a “big sister” so I need to be great. With that being said I would like to become either an OB/GYN or a pediatrician. I am surrounded by women and girls who I love. Not being able to help these woman pushes me to help others. There is a little girl whose mother is like mine and she needs help and I will help her. If I can help in any way possible I can and I will.

So currently I am working towards becoming an OB/GYN, however, my plan b is to become a physician assistant. After my general studies, I may go to pace to explore their medicalprograms. I am also looking into NYU, so depending on the course of my undergrad that will determine my course of action. I have always been a people person so I think a job where I must directly interact with others is great. I also am very creative and love thinking outside the box and that’s what science is. You have to think outside the box and think differently in order to solve the problem. Also, I love Greys Anatomy and while I am fully aware that it is fake it drove me to explore science and make a difference.