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Jennifer Gates has always had support in the form of her parents Bill Gates and Melinda Gates. They have been a pillar of her strength and acknowledged their eldest daughter for anything and everything. Be it pursuing her passion for equestrian sport, her studies, or her personal life decisions she always found her parents by her side. After graduating from Stanford University, Jenn always wanted to pursue medical studies.

Bill Gates’s equestrian daughter enrolled in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City to study medicine. During her medical study, she completed a one-year accelerated program for a Master of Public Health from Columbia Public Health. In the midst of transition from the equestrian sport, she recently shared her experience of working in an intensive care unit.

Equestrian Jennifer Gates shares her intensive care experience

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In the process of completing the medical degree, Jennifer Gates has to go through an internship. During that process, recently she spent four weeks in a neonatal intensive care unit at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She took to Instagram to share her experience of spending time with a newborn baby’s intensive care unit. She described her experience as “What an incredible experience“. The equestrian was happy to know about the patients and their families and felt fortunate to gain knowledge from doctors, nursing staff, therapists, social workers, and other professional staff present at the unit.

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Jenn who became a mother just recently this year, knows the difficulties the parents and their newborn babies face. This was her training to become a pediatrician. The showjumper valued this opportunity and mentioned carrying the learnings forward. She felt grateful and honored to witness such an experience of intensive care.

The Gates eldest daughter celebrated her daughter’s six-month milestone last month and expressed her continued dedication to being a mother. Since her childhood, Jennifer has been inclined towards children and their problems and had a desire to work in the field of science.

Equestrian Jennifer Gates’s desire to help children

Jennifer Gates was born to a wealthy family and since her childhood she had all the best facilities available in the world. Though her parents brought up her as a strong and independent woman, she acknowledges the fact that being Bill Gates’s daughter was a huge privilege. She sensed that and wanted to give the society for what she had.

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Jennifer since her childhood grew up listening about the newborn mortalities around the world and diseases like HIV and polio. Her pediatrician work accompanied by what she heard in her home drew her interest to become a pediatrician and help the children in her way. Thus, the study at a medical school is a process to achieve that goal.

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Jenn is committed to her work and education, and is humble and grateful for every chance she has to learn about children and their issues. She never misses an opportunity to help others and that has been jenn’s motive ever since she was a kid and also for going to medical school.

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