“You really never know what tomorrow is going to look like,” Sentell said. “One thing that I really struggled with my first couple of years of college was not knowing what I wanted to do and feeling like my purpose was an occupation or a destination. And then I realized that every day is purposeful, and I live out my purpose every single day.”
During the pandemic, she began working in an optometrist’s office. That experience, coupled with the many health care professionals who had guided her treatment, helped her decide that she wanted to pursue a career in health care.