After graduating from college, Lucas Parrish worked multiple odd jobs trying to find use for his biochemistry degree. He intended to pursue a graduate degree in anesthesiology, but that plan changed when he started taking care of his wife’s grandmother after an accident.
“She fell and broke her shoulder and was no longer able to use her walker. Because of that, I ended up helping her around the house and helping take care of her,” he said.
Read more about Parrish’s journey in the College of Nursing’s Operating Room Scholars program on the UT Health Science Center News website.