Me.

I never properly introduced myself, so allow me too.

My name is Ashlyn Riedesel and I am a Pre-Pharmacy Student at NDSU with a minor in Business Administration. Does that sound exhausting? It most definitely is. When I'm not in the library I hang out with friends, watch lots of movies and take an excessive amount of pictures of my dogs :) 

I chose Pharmacy at age 6, seriously. I was watching my uncle and grandpa count medication at their local pharmacy in ND and I knew I wanted to be right there with them. Fast-forward a few years and nine year old Ashlyn dressed as a pharmacist for the what I want to be when I grow up play. There’s a picture out there somewhere (I think). When I reached high school I wasn't so sure about my career path. I thought about architecture, can't draw, marketing and PR, solely based on the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and nursing, because of the natural girl/nurse stereotype all high school girls have. When it came time to apply for college I actually chose Nursing as my major, I wanted to work with babies in the Neo-Natal ICU. Then I started health occupations. My high school offers the program health occupations where students can work in areas all over the clinic and hospital to see which field they like best. It was there that I fell back into love with pharmacy. I followed around the hospital pharmacist Jesse and got to help him with his everyday tasks. I was constantly being challenged mentally and I loved it! He would ask me if I wanted to leave early and I consistently said no, I wanted to learn every thing he had to teach me! I had never seen the hospital side of pharmacy and it was so exciting. So, the day of NDSU orientation I marched up to the table and declared pharmacy as my major, and haven't looked back since. Okay, that’s a lie. When the going gets tough I joke that I should just become a baker instead. But with all honesty, I cannot wait to have the title of Pharm. D. after my name. Goosebumps!