Why Naturopathy?

Hello. I have lived independently, with the help of friends, from the age of 14 and as a result I have had a bumpy scholastic record. However, I have deliberately applied myself towards a higher education over many years. I feel that my scholastic record shows challenges and growth, not just in GPA but in the development of a thinking and caring individual.

I have always been a hardworking and dynamic person, and this has helped me greatly in bootstrapping my life off of the ground. At 14, worked as an independent balloon artist. By 15-16, I landed a part time job at a local bike shop: Open Air Bicycles. It was here I learned the skills of bicycle mechanic and customer service. These skills I have relied on one way or another for over 16 years. 16-19 years of age I raced mountain bikes and won a number of national events. At 19, I attended Santa Barbara City College and earned a fiber optics and computer repair certifications. Then I moved to Nome Alaska to work for Pacific Bell and Nome Public Schools. Over the course of a year I completed a series of independent studies and gained 6 Cisco certifications which helped me solidify a position managing and building a multinational computer networked infrastructure. After this, I became certified in teaching English and began teaching business English in the Czech Republic.

I decided to move to Eugene because of close familial friends and further education. Since living here, I have completed the Americop volunteer program for Food for Lane County and the Grassroots Garden. I have completed the certification program for the OSU Extension Program for Gardening, Pruning, Composting, Food Preservation, and Family Nutrition.

Being 32 years of age, I am engaged to be married this summer and have completed nearly all of my Pre-Medical requirements - certainly an unexpected perspective from my views of early adolescence. I have every intention of completing the Human Physiology program at the University of Oregon and to continue on towards a Masters of Oriental Medicine and a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. I believe that my early hardships in life, and how I chose to overcome them, provide an enormous array of skills, clarity, and personality. From this, I feel that it is my duty to link the intellectual components of our science based medical community with the dynamic realm of the physical body and the emotional mind within the complex environment that we live in.

Thanks for your time,
Jeffrey Scott Humason