Bernie's excited for her first trip abroad

Hi everybody, my name is Bernadette McMahon, but everyone calls me Bernie or one of the various other nicknames I have. I am an Allied Health Sciences major with a concentration in Health Promotion. I am a junior in this program. I decided to study aboard in Cape Town for many different reasons. One of the reasons is because of what I want my future career to be.  I want to become an international nurse that focuses mainly on developing areas, but also be a public health professional that assists in making the community better but at the same time being able to provide hands on care. In Cape Town, having the ability to participate in internships will be beneficial to me because it will be applicable to my real life and what I want to do in the future. The other reason I chose to study abroad in Cape Town is because of all the wonderful experiences I heard about people having in Cape Town. I am so very excited about being selected to participate in this program. My dream is to travel out of the country and see as much as the world as possible while being able to help others at the same time. Since I have not been out of the country yet, I am excited that South Africa is the first place I will travel too! I am very excited to start this program in January and meet so many new people and learn new information.