Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

And at the time I was like, okay, they know best, I'll be a doctor.

And I ended up falling in love with the human body and the workings of the body.

I really wanted to be a journalist.

But really I went into medicine because I loved the human story.

I was like so hardcore wanting to be a journalist.

And my parents were immigrants and Indian doctors.

And I love that connection with people, which is what I wanted to do with journalism anyway.

And they were like, oh, you're going to be a doctor, too.

And then I found my way to journalism, right?

and the lineage of the family because my grandparents were doctors, my uncles and aunts were doctors.

Like I found my way to health communication.

So if you are feeling stuck, I get that it is real, but it's more of a message to you and a signal rather than like a life, you know, it's not like you have to say, okay, it's my life sentence to feel stuck.

And at the time I was like, okay, they know best, I'll be a doctor.

And I ended up falling in love with the human body and the workings of the body.

But really I went into medicine because I loved the human story.

You can get out of it, but it really just takes like small glimmers.

And I love that connection with people, which is what I wanted to do with journalism anyway.

You don't have to just shift your whole life.

And then I found my way to journalism, right?

Like I found my way to health communication.