As a clinical nutrition major at UC Davis, I have grown to understand and appreciate the need for nutrition in leading a long and prosperous life. I worked this past summer at the UC Davis Medical Center in helping educate patients with Cardiovascular Disease on healthy food choices, which can have a huge impact on reducing the risk of future comorbidities as well as preventing further progression of the disease. From working with these patients I have seen how much education about nutrition can have an impact and make a difference. I believe that if more of the world is educated on basic nutrition and the impacts ones diet can have on their lifestyle; there would be many less nutrition related diseases among our society and the rest of the world. My passion is to share my knowledge about nutrition with both the youth and the elderly in hopes that this knowledge will lead people to make healthier decisions as well as live happier, healthier lifestyles.