After getting a dose of what it’s really like to work in the medical field, Amy Schneida is one step closer to medical school and practicing psychiatry. When she’s not caring for patients in urgent care, you can find her researching how mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels cause neuron disruptions in the brain.
Action Plan
Work in an urgent care on weekends and semester breaks as a nurse technician.
Plan science experiments for kids at STEM Fest as vice president of the Biology Undergraduate Society.
Recreate a mutated sodium channel in the lab using a DNA code to investigate neuron disruptions in the brain.
Stage manage She Danced with a Red Fish and Three Sisters with the theatre honor society.
Mentor students as a Southeastern honors ambassador and Delta Omega Alpha member.
