I like to think I am the “queen of odd jobs.” I started working when I was 16 and haven’t stopped. I served for six years as an F-16 avionics specialist with the Colorado Air National Guard while pursuing my college degree. People sometimes ask how that job relates to medicine. In both careers, there’s always a need to fix something, so a lot of problem-solving happens. Just prior to medical school, I was working for an aviation insurance brokerage and knew that insurance was not the career for me. I got my EMT basic license, took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and started applying to medical schools.