Throughout my life, music has been how I have expressed the feelings that I simply cannot put into words myself. As a new feeling or major life event arises, I create a playlist — along with my monthly ones. These playlists act as my heart extended and I am both very proud and protective of them.

When in reality, a bone marrow transplant is actually a lot more complicated than that and requires a little more planning than simply getting your old marrow sucked into a comically large syringe and replaced with a strangers new marrow.

As a woman going on 20 years, I do agree that being a woman is very hard, however, I have never heard real scientific evidence as to how dangerous and truly difficult it can be to be a woman.

The popular women's magazine, Cosmopolitan has been known to offer medical misinformation that can often lead many women astray when it comes to their health. This can be especially dangerous in situations like inflammation as a result of an unhealthy microbiome because oftentimes it is encouraged to merely drink a teawhen one finds themselves with chronic bloating and/or inflammation.

Once entering college, my health became a very important facet of myself. I mean, you're only given one very important and amazing body, might as well treat it as such! Once taking Microbiology with Dr. Lorraine Cramer at UNC, I was able to gauge exactly how important a good diet is in keeping our microbiome healthy, and how a truly healthy microbiome impacts our lives.

It is safe to say that everyone who was here for the COVID-19 pandemic is terrified of the idea of another outbreak. When in reality, outbreaks are not too rare. There seems to always be somewhere in our world that is experiencing unusual numbers of cases of certain diseases that often lead to a widespread outbreak in the area.

Upon first reviewing the lectures for the upcoming week, I saw the word CRISPR-CaS and I honestly did not have a single clue as to what it meant. After a quick internet search, it turns out that this funny-looking word is actually the forefront of modern DNA editing. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a key component of bacterial immunity from invaders such as bacteriophages.

Since I was little, I've always hated the days that I was told to load and unload the dishwasher in my house. I would complain and groan the entire time I had to handle the hot and soggy dishes. However, once I got to college, I have slowly realized how convenient a dishwasher is when compared to manually washing every dish.

Ever since I was a kid, I have always been known for my sweet tooth. Whether it's chocolate chip cookies or my personal favorite -- anything with caramel, it was all I wanted and more. On the other hand, I was always known for my classic end-of-day incessant stomach aches as a kid.