Hello all;
My name is Taylor Headlough and my chosen concentration areas are sociology and health care. I chose these two concentrations because originally I had started my college career on the path of nursing. I completed the first two years of prerequisites for the nursing program at ASU but in the end I was not able to compete with the high GPA that was setting the bar. After I was denied entrance I began looking into other degrees offered at ASU that I would find interesting and also one that would fit with some of the classes that I had already taken.
These concentrations are reflective of my identity because my passion for medicine and people is what has motivated me throughout my education experience. Health care is a broad subject with many positives and negatives however it is essential for all people and the environment itself therefore sociology plays an equal role in understanding the issue(s) as a bigger whole.
The site of my applied study is Planned Parenthood. I hope to learn more about what Planned Parenthood (PPH) is doing within the community especially regarding public policy within the state of Arizona. It will be very interesting to see how my two areas of concentration will take an active affect within a place of business as well as within the community itself.
Some of the responsibilites that I have been involved in so far have been meeting with volunteers of PPH who I will be leading in public policy events, brainstorming ideas for events that would be good to get the voice of PPH out there and I participated in my very first phone bank for PPH. These responsibilities reflect different areas of knowledge that I have learned specifically pertaining to socially how an organization is building itself from the ground up to work for a similar cause AND medically how this organization is aiding in the health of women all over the state.
My future goals after graduation are unclear at this point in time but I feel like PPH is showing me another piece to the puzzle that will in the end help direct me in the kind of career I want to continue.
