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Personal Narrative: My Experience At The National Youth Leadership Forum Of Medicine
The summer before my freshman year, I was recommended to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum of Medicine. This was an amazing organization that would help me explore a future career in the fields of medicine. I was excited about the learning experience, but I was extremely anxious about being by myself for two weeks. The forum was hosted at UNC- Chapel Hill, I was five hours away from my family. I knew I couldn’t just pick up the phone call my mother for help like I normally would. Coming to the realization that I would have to learn to do things on my own was a bit shocking.

After arriving, it was difficult to adjust, I had to attend: seminars, lectures, surgeries and other activities all by myself. At the time, I was an introvert

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