Radiologic Technology
While I was a student in the Jackson State Community College Radiologic Technology program, my fiancée was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. My second year in the program was difficult, but the old adage ‘It takes a village’ is true. I had wonderful professors, clinical instructors, classmates, and my family who would tell me I could make it through all the testing and clinical hours. I graduated not just on my own willpower, but because I had a wonderful support system behind me. I now work in an outpatient clinic at Vanderbilt in the x-ray department and am looking forward to continuing my education in Radiation Therapy soon. – Dakota Coplin, ’21