My dream profession as a kid was to become a medical doctor. As a child, I was always inquisitive about how the eyes function. My passion then was to discover how this smallest part of our body was able to play such an important role in our existence and, as such, always wanted to uncover the mystery behind it. But when I entered university, I had no idea about optometry as a department, so I enrolled into medical school. I got to know about optometry in my first year, and the next year I immediately applied for a change of course even though I was qualified to continue studying medicine in my second year. At that point, I was so convinced that optometry was for me. Read More