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painting, sculpture, origami, lm, singing and playing the guitar.
At Temple University she took a double major in lm and theatre before working in art departments of independent lm companies.
Yet while this lm career com- bined many of Logan’s interests, it did not ful ll her personal de- sire to create art or make things that have a lasting emotional impact on people. Most of her time was spent on building stage and lm sets that were used
for a brief time and then torn down. As a result, Logan began to reconsider her future, looking for something which would have lasting impact on her and others and would use her creativity and
personal experiences for a great- er good. It was then she was drawn to dentistry because she says, “dentistry values not only precision and detail, but also
the maintenance of continuous, trusting relationship built during excellent patient care.” She was attracted to a discipline which sees each patient as an individ- ual rather than a condition that needs “ xing.” The experience of shadowing on Team Day only con rmed her new direction.
Logan is now back at Temple taking the remaining science and math pre-requisites for den- tal school. For the rst time she truly understands that dentistry is a eld that perfectly blends
art and science. Looking back on her journey, Logan feels that “my personal experiences and maintaining a balance between
“...being a patient and caregiver will make me a stronger, more compassionate doctor...”
being a patient and caregiver will make me a stronger, more compassionate doctor with the ability to provide care to both patients and their families.”
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