Name: Helen Song
Hometown: Lincoln, Neb.
Program/Year: College of Medicine/2020 (M2)
Education: B.S. in biochemistry at University of California – Santa Barbara
Activities:
SHARING Clinics – board member/continuity provider
Interprofessional Academy of Educators
Lions Eye Bank – ophthalmology research technician
Hobbies:
I love cooking as well as trying new restaurants, traveling, indoor cycling (#Peloton), pet-sitting my classmates’ cats, making succulent terrariums, playing board games, and trying to perfect my yogi headstands.
Staying Balanced:
I try to make sure to spend a chunk of time each day for self-care – whether that is exercising, going to dinner with a friend, or just binging the Netflix show du jour (currently watching "Dark," which I highly recommend if you like sci-fi/murder mysteries).
I also try to visit my significant other who is in medical school in Chicago as much as possible.
I just generally try to incorporate all the above hobbies into my day job as a student.
Three things people may not know about me:
–-I’m fluent in Korean (and my entire family lives in South Korea).
–-I used to photograph the interiors and exteriors of abandoned buildings (mainly in ghost towns along the "Rust Belt" and some around Boston).
–-I have had the unfortunate (and truly traumatizing) experience of contracting ascariasis a few years ago after a trip to Mexico.