At Bastyr University, there's a great support network. I've never experienced a community that is so much like family. I don't think you'll find a more supportive environment in a school. I chose to come to Bastyr because it has a well-known name throughout the country, and it attracts uniquely passionate and caring individuals. Most students interact closely with the administration and the faculty, and Bastyr makes developing those relationships easy. I can use my education anywhere because a Bastyr degree is respected worldwide.
Through my clinical education at Bastyr Center for Natural Health, the University's teaching clinic, and through preceptorships and external clinical shifts, I have become more open-minded. I've been amazed by the efficacy of natural therapies. I've seen a 12-year-old boy's rheumatoid arthritis completely resolve six weeks after starting a natural protocol. And this was after a year and half of nothing else working. That blew me away.
As a recent graduate, I'm completing my residency with a holistic medical center. In the near future, I plan to practice community medicine and provide health education abroad. Because naturopathic medicine has a focus on prevention, it's important to bring it into communities and see people before they are sick ― to give them resources to help themselves and each other.
