Everything in its place.

See the world; know its people.  To see, to know that much more of humanity is a tremendous calling to which I will be forever climbing.  I wish to step behind the eyes of another people—another world—and, in that, find so much more distinctly the chord that plays through all mankind.  It is the thread intertwined with humanity itself, which proves there is something within the core of every being that is one and the same.  It is not the peoples who are different; rather, it is the face, the colors, the places, and experiences shaping the person’s form and life’s journey.  I wish to collect as many pieces of the world as I can so that I might form some semblance of pure humanity.  There are many things to which I aspire but, at the heart of it all, is a common theme:  I wish to give in the way only one human being can to another. To those suffering from diseases, needing the healing touch of another human being’s hand, I want to give.  To those without a voice, I wish to give words and form to their stories. It makes complete sense to me—and could not be otherwise—that I wish to pursue a degree in both an art and science and a minor in human studies.  People fascinate me and will never cease to intrigue.  I wish to capture, understand, renew, and enrich their lives in film, study, medicine and art.  Everything finds its place.

Ghana presents so many possibilities that once seemed unreachable. 

I believe Africa is a sphere from which most of what we know or possess originated.  The continent, through the years demanding progression, has maintained the essence of native roots and beginnings whilst lending to an ever-transforming series of cultures and peoples.  I wish to see even a small fragment of that buzzing, fascinating world in a single one of its countries.  Ghana will be yet another first leg on the journey of observer and seer; experiencing the country in its entirety will, quite simply stated, expand my knowledge of humanity.  In this as well, I will receive more insight into the very people and world I hope to serve as a doctor, to paint as an artist, and to know as another human being.

To be able to shape another’s life for the better—to save it—is a tremendous goal toward which to strive and for which to fight.  I want to be a doctor.  But, what is still more, I want to be increasingly human, and, through it all, I wish to share the journey with mankind in photographs that document single moments and memories.  And each journey begins with a single step—one that resounds in volumes.