From May 20 to July 27, 2015 I was in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (QENP) studying its wildlife and ecology. Through those ten weeks I gained knowledge, experience, and memories I will carry with me through my academic and professional careers. The journey started in September 2014 when my Emory advisor, Dr. Thomas Gillespie , introduced me to one of his top collaborators and friends Dr. Innocent Rwego at One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA) . He suggested the possibility of a collaborative research experience. I was particularly interested in this opportunity because I have always wanted to do research in a Sub-Saharan country and I also believe One Health studies are new and invaluable to the scientific community. So soon thereafter, I applied for Emory’s International Research Experience for Science Students (IRES) fellowship and was awarded the research grant a few months later.