A New Kind of Preventative Medicine
How I Discovered a New Path to Saving Lives Through Technology
This is the second in a series of pieces to spotlight the experiences of women who are beneficiaries of Scholarships For Women Studying Information Security, or SWSIS, a program sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Applied Computer Security Associates.
When I was a teenager, I thought there was one career path for people who wanted to save lives: medicine. I chose my pre-medicine major, confident that if I wanted to make a difference and help others, this was the path for me.
It only took a few months before I discovered a very different route to have the kind of impact I craved － one to which many women are never exposed. That first summer after freshman year, I interned at the Air Force Research Lab and worked on a surgical simulations project that helped paramedics overseas save the lower legs of soldiers through a special surgical procedure. By creating a medical tutorial using an android and iPhone application with a team of other students and even creating secure algorithms for disaster rescue missions, I saw how the defense industry would allow me to make a difference in the lives of Americans through the use of technology.
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