This past week, I was blessed with a once in a lifetime opportunity of exploring New York without restraint in order to discover the interdisciplinary aspects of science and art. Although it's tough to pinpoint the highlight of this immersive experience, it was incredible to see and learn about the lives of women who had successfully integrated STEM and art into their careers. Each career path was slightly different, but all these women had one thing in common — they did not have a structured plan in mind.

To me, this was revolutionary.

While college freshmen don't need to know exactly what they want to major in and then pursue as a career, the college atmosphere in which we reside gives off the notion that everyone knows exactly what they want to do with their lives and how they are going to achieve that.

These are the kinds of people that I envy, the ones that have discovered their passion very early on in life and have a blueprint of the road they want to take to make their academic and personal dreams tangible.

But these women had no idea where they were headed.

Many of them started off their undergraduate studies as art majors and then later went on to do various internships here and there until they found jobs which they were attracted to.

They relied on chance events and connections through their social groups to lead them to the next step of their career and made decisions based on how they felt, rather than overanalyzing the consequences of making that choice.

Their careers paths are elaborate and nonlinear, which is an unconventional way of thinking about finding a profession for most college students.

I was honored to meet these multi-talented women, who were both scientists and artists that were able to do what they loved every day. Whether they were medical illustrators or conservation experts for the artwork at the Met, they took two fields that often appear to be polarized and integrated them together in such a way that highlighted their profound similarities.

These individuals give the world hope that young people do not have to specialize in one discipline and let go of their other interests.

Multidisciplinary jobs are crucial to our society today and successfully pursuing one is not impossible. Rather, these jobs are the future of our career market and could possibly transform not only how we approach career-building, but also the way we view our world.