When I graduate Eastern Oregon University, I will have an Interdisciplinary Degree with minors in Psychology and Sociology/Anthropology. When I first entered college at Umpqua Community College I started with a degree in early childhood education. There was something there that just didn’t sit right with me. I didn’t want to just teach, I wanted to serve and help children and their families. Even though I had taken all the child development courses and got any and all other training I had access to, I still found myself needing some help with my own children. I was connected with a local program, the Family Development Center. That is when I discovered that this would be an excellent way to give back. After some digging I found that a human services degree could be a better fit for me, and it was! I graduated with an associates in Human Services in 2021 and now I am working on my next degree that qualifies me to work at the Family Development Center or many other helping organizations. Now the bachelors may qualify me, but there is a reason I chose interdisciplinary versus just Psychology or Sociology. In all that I do I want there to be some form of excellence. So for my degree this would allow me to bring in more perspectives and be able to see each family through a different lens. This way I can be equipped to provide maximum benefits and that is how I plan to bring that excellence.