Asunta, our student of the week hesitated between studying Medicine and Social Education. She has always collaborated in volunteer work. Her first experience was at the age of 14, in a marginalized neighborhood of Seville, helping children from broken families. He was so young that he had to lie about his age in order to participate!
She also loved medicine and finally the scales tipped in that direction: “I chose the right career, because I love medicine, I’m a freeky! It requires effort, but if you have a vocation, you do it with pleasure”.
He really likes the curriculum at @unav: “You approach the human body by systems. That allows you to make more connections and diagnoses can be more accurate. Another thing I like about UNAV is that they don’t just prepare you for the MIR, they try to get the best out of you as a future doctor.”
She would love to be able to combine her two vocations when she finishes Medicine: to be part of Doctors Without Borders, or of Development Cooperation in the medical field.
He exchanged the sun of Seville for the cold of Pamplona on the recommendation of his cousin, whom he trusts very much. He told her that the UNAV Medical School was the best in Spain. And here it came! His grandfather, who is from Donosti, also had a great influence. He fell in love with a Sevillian woman and left everything behind, just like in 8 apellidos vascos! He told him: “The character is drier than in the south, but they have a great depth there. Study in Navarra”.
He admits that on his first day in Pamplona he asked himself, “What am I doing here? “If you brush someone with your arm, they look at you funny!” But he soon discovered wonderful people: “My fellow students in the resi are amazing. I spend a lot of time with the engineering group. They give me a lot of serenity. The medical group in the resi is the best, until exams come and we go crazy!”
She also appreciates the warmth of the resi team: “The cooks seem to me to be the nicest people in the world. They know how much I have an exam and always ask me. Charo, the person who cleans my room, is a sweetheart. They try to make everything comfortable and easy. And living so far from home, I really appreciate it.
Asunta is fun, cheerful and easy-going. She is also very responsible and empathetic, always willing to listen! In the resi they call her “Mommy Asun! “I like to help others. To give what I have as a person. And that’s the way I will always do it.”
