Cohort Revelation

 Last night at Revo up on the second floor, my friend Christian looked at my group of cohort members and said they look like hippies without their shoes on. I smiled and said that they are all hippies at heart and dont need to show it through their clothes and hair. But then I had a strong revelation, i was so proud to be a member of this cohort. It took until now to recognize that each of us made a sacrifice to come into this program, either through money or a possible more financial gaining career. The biologists felt this field was missing the human component, so instead of having graduate school paid for, they instead followed their dream, and hence ended up with a huge amount of debt. Like everyone else, those who could have kept the path toward a more "promising" future choose to go forward with their dream of wanting to help the environment and others. It took until last night to see the very essence of how similar each of us in this program are. Our backgrounds are soo different, but we all follow our heart instead of anything else in choosing this career. Looking around at my crazy friends I felt pride to talk in simple spanish of how special these people are. They left it all behind to come to Mexico, and each have a desire to look beyond themselves and into what is best for humanity.