What led you to choose a career in pharmacy?
My name is Fatima Choudhry. When I graduated high school in 2022, I was determined to start my college journey as a biology major because I wanted to get into Medical school. After the first year had passed, I noticed that I was not into biology. At the end of college's first year, my uncle got sick. I used to go with him to his doctor's appointment. One day, the doctor gave him two tablets, which he advised not to take 15 hours apart but my uncle took them back to back mistakenly which caused his condition to worsen. That day I wondered why we couldn't take these two together or maybe a short time apart. What sort of reaction would have happened? I knew that a pharmacist would have known why it happened. I ignored my passion for dealing with the patient and monitoring their medications. The next day I went to my aunt's pharmacy to meet her. She is a pharmacist too. She asked me to wait as she had her patients in front of her. I realized that her patients were her number one priority and she didn't want any meetups at the time.While I was waiting, I saw people from different cultures. She was dealing with them according to their cultures, such as speaking their language to make them comfortable and to make them understand how they should take their medications if they don't know English. I also saw some patients who came to meet her for personal reasons such as consultation on why they are addicted to something and want to quit it after they’ve found her as their pharmacist. And that behavior of hers had me amazed. Then I decided to change to pharmacy as it is one of the most trusted healthcare professions.
Why do you want to be a pharmacist?
I believe pharmacists re the most trustworthy professionals available in healthcare community. Pharmacist are the ones available for patient whenever they need. 
What is your vision for pharmacy practice?
My vision is to see pharmacist using AI tools for the medication errors and their solutions. I believe that AI tools will help pharmacists to spend more time with patients instead of dispensing. Allowing patients to be more confident on what they're taking as medications or suggestions regarding their matters. 
What are your goals?
My goal as a pharmacist is to assist my patients getting ahead in life. And make them comfortable with communicating about the things that they never wanted to talk about. Furthermore, I would love to learn about different cultures and languages so that I can assist my patients in the best manner I can. Being a pharmacist is important to me because pharmacists are who people trust after the doctor. Also, Doctors are not always available for the patients as much as the pharmacists are. 
Why is being a pharmacist important to you?
Being a pharmacist is important to me because it will allow my use all of my strengths and assist me doing what I love the most, helping others with their concerns.  

1-5 years,
a.My first goal is to have time management skills which will assist me in further years of my studying in Pharmacy program.
B. I want to strongly grasp the academic knowledge.
c. I aim to engage in extracurricular activities as in pharmacy related. I want to achieve a good GPA and maintain it until I graduate from the Doctor of Pharmacy program. 
c. I want to get more than the passing grades on my NAPLEX and MPJE exam to be a Licensure Pharmacist. I may also like to considered opportunities such as fellowship or residency. 
5-10 years
a. I want to attain experience in dealing with patient's needs while working in pharmacy setting through rotations. 
b.I aim to build and enhance my decision-making skills through hands on- experience with patients to become a trustworthy pharmacist. 
c. I'm eagerly waiting to get a Pharmacist job and fulfill my goal of working not for the pay but to be able to help people whenever they need me. 
> 10 years.
a. I hope to build relationships with other healthcare professional for the patients needs. 
b. I intend to learn about different cultures just for the sake of patient's comfort. 
c. My aim of one day owning a pharmacy will come true once I've had achieved all of the ones I've mentioned. I'll make sure the patients feels comfortable and secure at my pharmacy. I'm going to teach pharmacists different languages and cultures so that the patients can trust their pharmacists. I will ensure that pharmacist don't get fed up by these concepts of learning different cultures and languages so I'll make them work with patients and colleagues with different background. 

Graduated June 2022

Advanced Regents Diploma

- Accepted into National Honor society-2021

- Acquired Sash for National Honor Society 2022

- Attained gold medal for academic performance 2022

Fresh Meadows Pharmacy January 2024 - present

Pharmacy Technician

• Coordinate the packaging of medications 
• Monitoring expirations 
• Returns for the medication
• Processed customer’s purchasing

Crescent Sports Community May 2023 - September 2024

Sports Community Member

• Assisted kids to enhance their sports
• Revitalized team building 
• Develop communication skills.

Safe Community Services May 2023 - August 2024

Community Associate

• Attending community outreach event 
• Training Summer interns  

Crescent Sports Community May 2023 - June 2024

Sports Community Member

• Assisted kids to enhance their sports
• Develop communication skills 

• Assisted in packing food for the poor

1. a) Pharmacist is the one who take care of people but in a compassionate, trustworthy, and kind manner. 

b. I chose Pharmacy program because it won't only allow me to get a good job but it will prepare me to be sincere with myself and others. It will help me to learn how to manage my time and how to use it wisely on the things I need to take account of. 

c. I chose St. John's University for pharmacy program because I saw many opportunities here such as the scholarships. Additionally, it is an Accredited University in New York City that will allow me take my NAPLEX exam. 

2a. Five Strengths: Restorative, Empathy, Belief, Connectedness, Developer.
b. I knew that belief and connectedness are strength because I do use these two while doing any tasks. However, I never thought that Restorative would one of my strengths. Because I didn't realize that I like to solve problems. 
c. I believe all of my strengths would go hand in hand such as being restorative, I will be able to recognize the problem and figuring out resolutions. I will this strength to solve case studies and to figure out medication errors. 
- The empathy would allow me to build a strong relation with the patient and resolve their concerns by supporting them. 
- Being developer will assist me to create new groups so that everyone will work together and improve their knowledge and skills. As a pharmacist, I will be able to assist new pharmacists. 
- Belief: I believe with this strength, I'll be passionate for my work such as being a leader with my values and educating others including my patients. 
- Connectedness: My this strength will help me to connect with others. It will allow me to see the bigger picture of ever person such as my classmates, my patients. If there is a case of my oaten, I won't only focus on my patient instead I will see all aspects such as his/her family, or friends.