I actually spent a long time wondering if I wanted to pursue a career in journalism. I was heavily involved in my high school's yearbook and newspaper, but come college application time, I opted for dentistry, as my desire to be in the healthcare field while pursuing a lifelong journey of full-contact arts-and-crafts came out on top. Dentistry was a subtle but powerful theme in my childhood. As a child, I spent weekends going to my father's practice, inflating "handy balloons