[fblike]Can you describe your experience at the Gatton Academy?
My experiences at the Gatton Academy included running a half-marathon and completing a sprint triathlon with the Gatton team, physics “study parties”, and growing as a community with my peers. 
How have your experiences at the Gatton Academy helped you in your adult life?
Being in a community of individuals seeking to do well in school helped me to grow academically and to develop stronger study skills. I also learned the importance of having a community of friends to grow with academically and personally.
Since the Academy, what have you been up to?
I am now a senior at Western Kentucky University graduating in May 2013 with degrees in Biochemistry and Religious Studies. Over the past 2 years, I have been very active in the Brothers Big Sisters mentoring my 12-year old sister, Dora. Also, I have been blessed with the ability to serve on two mission trip team: one to serve at orphanages in Honduras (winter 2010/2011) and the other to serve in a medical clinic in Kenya (summer 2012). Currently, I am Discipleship Cluster Leader at the Baptist Campus Ministry at WKU and work at the Gatton Academy as a desk clerk.
What do you aspire to achieve in the next ten years?
I aspire to go to Berlin for a 2-year mission trip working with an organization that seeks to end sex-trafficking. After that, I plan to return to Kentucky to work on both a Masters in Theology and a degree in Osteopathic Medicine becoming a pediatrician. Ultimately, I hope to become a medical missionary to serve wherever God leads me to go and to serve whoever He needs me to serve.
What was your favorite memory from your time at the Gatton Academy?
My favorite memory is from the January (I think) of my senior year. A group of my friends and I went to Hospital Hill to go sledding. During our snow shenanigans, my friend Katie Brown sprained her ankle. Since the roads were so bad and we promised the Residential Counselors before we left that we wouldn’t ask for a ride back to the Academy , we had to switch off giving Katie picky-back rides all the way back in the snow. Thankfully we made it back in time for curfew!
We would like to thank Rebecca for taking time out of her schedule to be interviewed. Next week, we will spotlight Mr. Nilesh Sahi who is currently in graduate school at Columbia University in New York.
