When I was in high school I knew I wanted a career in art,
so I never took higher math or science courses.
I wanted to go to art school in New York, but my mother didn’t want me
to go so far. So I went to UH-Manoa my
freshman year, but I planned to go away my sophomore year. By then I decided not to go so far and ended
up going to the University of Cincinnati where I did enter their School of
Design, architecture and Art. It was
totally different and new. I was the
only Asian undergraduate student. There
was a Chinese graduate student, but that was it. It was a great experience, but I felt guilty
about spending so much money. I decided
to go back to UH-Monoa and planned to major in Fashion Design. Right before I was to register for classes, I
was at the library and started reading a book about how the foods we eat affect
us. I changed my major to Nutrition, not
knowing that I needed to take a lot of math and science courses. I ended up graduating at the top of my class
and went on to attend UC- Berkley to get a graduate degree in Public Health
Nutrition. I had wanted to go abroad and
work in underdeveloped countries and teach them better nutrition. That never happened because I got married and
moved to Kauai, and I never worked in nutrition. Although you make plans, you can’t plan
everything.
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