My Bio: Youssef Mashaal
I am a 2030 Pharmacy student at St.John's currently with a 4.0 gpa. I have lived and grown up in Staten Island all my life, I am a Muslim Alhamdulillah and I choose a career path in pharmacy because of my interest in science and aiding my community. It is also well paying and provides a professional title to your name which is pretty cool. My goal is to become the best at what I do and I can only do that by working harder than all my peers and attaining knowledge from my seniors. Being a pharmacist is important to me because it gives me a chance to help my community and work in a path with science along with a good paycheck. My positive attributes are how hard I am willing to work to achieve my goal, mentality, communication skills, ability to work under pressure and my care for people.

Goals (Personal & Professional): Youssef Mashaal
1-5 years-
-Maintain a 4.0 GPA
-Learn the proper skills and knowledge in order to be an educated pharmacist
-Get an internship at CVS in order to gain experience in the Pharmacy field
-Graduate through St.John's Pharmacy program.

5-10 years-
-Find ways to impact my community
-Find a stable career at either a hospital or CVS pharmacy. 

10-15 years- 
-Start a family and continue to benefit my community
-Continue to help the seniors and disabled people receive medications on time and keep them healthy

Educational Background: Youssef Mashaal
St. John's University - Queens, New York; September 2024- Present
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, May 2030
Pharmacy (Six-year Pharm.D) Major 
Pharm D candidate, 2030

Tottenville High School - Staten Island, New York, September 2020- June 2024
Graduated June 2024

Employment History: Youssef Mashaal
Mahmoud Mashaal 
M&S Brokerage Inc 6719 Fort Hamilton Pkwy from 2021-present
I worked as an insurance Broker assistant up until 2025 where I am now employed as secondary Insurance Broker
I currently solicit, negotiate, and sell insurance, try to find best possible quotes for customers for the coverage and cost, regulate files, remind customers for cancellation of their policy, sell all types of insurances including private  auto policy commerical auto including TLC, and dwellers and homeowners along with commercial

Honor Societies: Youssef Mashaal

Honors & Awards: Youssef Mashaal
Provost Scholarship
Sponsoring Organization: St. John's University
Date received, May 3, 2024
Description: Must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to retain scholarship

Volunteer, Community & Civic Activity: Youssef Mashaal
Tottenville High School, Staten Island, New York, 10312
Hrs:15
Description:Assisting young kids in proper wrestling technique, making sure no one gets hurt and condition them for future matches.

Other Accomplishments: Youssef Mashaal
Chess Club Captain 2024 Tottenville High School-
I am a proud captain of the chess club who worked in setting up meeting times for my fellow club members to come together and bond over a game of chess. When needed I would teach and assistant in teaching openings and game ideas such as forks and checkmates. 

Reflective Journal: Youssef Mashaal
My Top 5 Strengths and Reflections: Relator, Achiever, Learner, Deliberative, Futuristic

The thing that surprised me the most about my strengths was how accurate it was. I easy relate to those people around me by putting myself in their shoes and seeing the world from their pov.  With the achiever aspect I make myself valuable by achieving what makes my value which is why being an achiever to me matters. Being a learner suits me very well since I am always eager to learn more and to educate myself. After all in this society being educated is one of the most important things a person can have. Being deliberative is important trait for me because I prefer to think logically and to act after I think it through. I am also quite a. futuristic person because the past does not matter anymore. The only thing that matters is how you shape your future using your present.

Who is a pharmacist in your words?
A pharmacist in my own words is someone who actually wants to benefit the well being on someone through medication and their knowledge. They are still a healthcare professional and a very important one that specializes in medication. Someone who puts in more work than other people in order to achieve whats greater for the people and for the good of them. They are not people who slack off and just wanna have fun all the time but are professional and disciplined. They want to keep working and outwork everyone to become the best at what they do to help people.

Why did you choose pharmacy?
I personally choose Pharmacy because at first I wanted to be a surgeon. But, as a Surgeon takes far too long to become and too much money I decided to take the middle course and choose Pharmacy. When I was young I have always had a liking to science and the medical field. It has always interested me and the other thing is that I would never want to work a job that I hate or do not enjoy doing. That would make me feel worse than spending 6 years benefitting myself and gaining knowledge for the well being of the people I will help god willing. Also, my half sister is a pharmacist along with some other family members in Egypt which is how I got the idea for Pharmacy. With pharmacy it is also just a straight 6 year program instead of having to transfer from school to school and spend more money than I need to. 

Why did you choose St. John's University?
I chose St. John's University because I did not want to go to a college too far away from where I lived. So after reviewing the best colleges for Pharmacy in my area I decided to submit my resume to LIU, Rutgers, and finally St. John's. I got waitlisted from Rutgers and the scholarship from St. John's was better than LIU sand I also saw that St. John's is also a better school than LIU so I decided to submit my deposit and attend St. John's University.