Menghistab Gebreysus

Hardworking and passionate internship seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure an internship at Beth Israel. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. My mother, Asmayt Tesfazghi who's an inspiration in my life, works at Beth Israel in the pathology lab as well which contributed to my interest in pathology.

Basketball has taught me resilience, handwork, and determination which are all traits that can be applied to the professional world. When I mention resilience I mean to emphasis the fact that everyone's gonna fail and make mistakes but the lesson learned from that is what's valuable; how do you bounce back from adversity. Also, competition is something that you see in the workforce as well, many people have the same goals as you do but what matters is how you separate and stand out from the rest. These are the ways that I feel that basketball relates to my potential career in pathology.

As Covid-19 was going on I noticed that the people from my community, Black/African Americans in particular had been disproportionately impacted compared to any other race. This data was extremely hurtful to see and after seeing these numbers the only question that came in mind was why? Why did my people suffer the most? Why were others prioritized more? Why weren't my people getting the treatment they needed? Taking this internship for me is the first step in getting involved, taking action so that the loved ones in my community are properly taken care of. I want to be that person that people can trust, generations of racism and mistreatment at the hands of medical professionals has left the people of my community distrustful and skeptical of health care which is why getting this internship means so much to me.