You don’t need to know everything, but you need to know how to seek out the answers with Jacqueline Cardoza, MPH Disaster Epidemiology ORISE Follow at the CDC

In this short clip, Jacqueline talks about her application to a graduate program. As she went through this process, her undergrad professors asked her why she wanted to choose this path. Her answer was that she wasn’t if this was right for her, but she was interested in it and needed to pursue grad school to validate or invalidate that interest. The lesson for us all here is that we don’t know what we don’t know. Sometimes, you just have to try something, you never know if it’ll be a fit. Jacqueline also talks about struggling when she first got into the program and learning how to ask for help from her professors. This has served her well in her career so far because she learned that you don’t need to know everything, you just have to be resourceful in being aware of those gaps and identifying how to find the answers or help you need. Enjoy!