May 2020: Returning to Disney, but in a chemistry lab
![Kathryn Keegan](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gZn8Gtb/0/X2/i-gZn8Gtb-X2.png)
From: Grayson, Georgia
Major: Chemistry, biochemistry concentration
Extracurricular activities: Secretary, Gamma Beta Phi
What do you aspire to do once you graduate? I plan to work in a chemistry lab for a couple months before reapplying to do another Disney College program or a professional internship through Disney in a chemistry lab. This is my backup plan, because I was originally accepted to a second Disney College program that was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Why did you choose this profession? Science has been something I've grown up with, because my dad is a chemical engineer and my mother is a nurse practitioner. Chemistry was the science that I enjoyed most in high school. I would like to go back and work for Disney, because I loved the company and the people I worked with so much.
How do you feel Georgia College prepared you for this profession? I think that the Chemistry Department here is absolutely amazing. My research here is the reason I moved onto the interview stage of a professional chemistry internship at Disney.
![Kathryn Keegan (far right) in Dr. Catrena Lisse's class.](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-q7Cw8S2/0/X2/i-q7Cw8S2-X2.png)
What was your favorite class at GC and why? The class I enjoyed the most was junior seminar for chemistry, because we all had to do a presentation of careers with a chemistry degree, but most of them had to do with a different field than just working in a chemistry lab.
What did you enjoy most about working for Disney? How the people I worked with treated me like family.
How long were you a lab assistant? I have been a lab assistant for the past two semesters.
What did you enjoy most about being a lab assistant? I loved helping other students.
What are your future education plans? I plan to eventually get an MBA.