Meet the author:

Emily Newton

Emily Newton is a certified Radiologic Technologist and has been a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists for three years. She is a senior psychology major at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina with plans to graduate December 2016. At her university, she serves as the Vice President of the Honors Club, Chief Copy Editor of the school paper, Supplemental Instruction Leader for PHIL 110 (Critical Thinking), and is a member of the Honors in the Major program. She contributes blogs for her local newspaper, the Fayetteville Observer, and is also a member of the PTA at her son’s elementary school. She serves as lector coordinator at her church and, in the past, has taught Sunday school and coached youth soccer. She has shadowed at a children’s clinics, a pediatric neurology clinic, a nursing home, and a primary care clinic. She also volunteers at the CARE clinic for persons without medical insurance. She is a first generation college student and a mother. She plans on enrolling in a Masters program for Clinical Research after obtaining her B.S. and then, hopefully, gain acceptance into medical school!