Student Spotlight

Patricia McDaniel, Candidate for M.S. in Holistic Nutrition

Perhaps you’ve wondered… Just how does a new student begin his or her Clayton College admissions process? Here are excerpts from the enrollment essay submitted by Patricia McDaniel of Maryland.

Embracing Self-Responsibility for Wellness

“My vision for holistic nutrition and wellness is for minority communities — particularly the deaf and hearing communities of African-Americans — to embrace self-responsibility, together, for wellness without limits and without blaming history or heredity.

“There are many individuals with deafness who have not deeply investigated their family’s health history; thus, they lack a baseline for beginning to understand the blessings of self-care and holistic wellness.

“I desire to see communication barriers removed, so that members of the deaf community may just as easily walk into a yoga class or other learning program as a hearing person without others fussing and passing the buck as to who should be responsible for paying for interpreting services.”

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