Keyla Negron Case Study

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Keyla Negron is a first generation college student at the University of Connecticut, better known as UConn. She states that being a first generation college student was an accomplishment, but that it brought “all the challenges of trying to succeed”. She started college just like many other new students, not knowing exactly what to study or what to do after graduating. This made Keyla realize that is “one of the positive things” of college because “you have the opportunity to take different classes and discover your likes and dislikes”. In her case, it took her just about three years to discover a passion in nutrition, an area she never had imagined herself studying, although Keyla does realize that she was always “questioning how certain foods affect our body and what defined a healthy food and an unhealthy food”. Although her family supports her decision to study nutrition, Keyla mentions that it doesn't stop them from “pushing her buttons” and harmless jokes, but she …show more content…

Through this, she has become aware of the increasing number of people trying to find solutions to their nutrition-related issues. She believes that as someone who is studying nutrition she has a “responsibility to inform people on recommendations and information based on current research rather than just mere opinion and what sources can be counted as reliable”. Whenever Keyla tells other people that she is studying nutrition they usually ask her for recommendations on how to eat healthier. Keyla says she takes these types of opportunities to “inform these individuals the best that I can and clarify any myths or trends that the general public believes but is not based on research.” This makes her realize that people are in great need of accurate health related information because they have a concern for their own general health, and also for the health of their family and

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