I have worked in retail my whole career.  My entire adult life, actually.  And while I like it,  I’ve discovered that I may enjoy teaching more.  I have to be honest, it has been difficult making the transition.  I never did a residency out of pharmacy school and I wasn’t really motivated at the time to do one.  When I first looked into academia, I was shocked at the requirements and preferred qualifications.  I had never been published.  How does that even work?  Why does that even matter?  Nonetheless, I sought out advice on how to meet this condition.  I talked to people…I talked to a lot of people.  A friend I had in med school recommended I get involved in clinical research.  So I met with the director at the university.  He informed me that it isn’t customary that the pharmacist involved in the clinical research gets named in the publication.  Awesome.  So then I tried talking to other people.  At one point, I think I even sent out a mass email to all the professors of the nearby university asking for tips.  Desperate?  Maybe.  At least I got responses.  I was notified of a cohort Teaching Certificate Program that was about eight months long and ends with a volunteer faculty position.  Now we were getting somewhere!  So now I am currently in this program and learning how to write research protocols and we may even dabble into grant writing.  This is where my journey begins (corny, I know) and what I plan to write about on this site.  Thank you for reading my post!