How did I end up being a scientist, part II

So I found myself in science class, with Dr. Dagan both as my biology teacher and my home room teacher. I made minimal effort in science learning, dreaming on claiming my prize and getting into drama class without auditions in the following year. By the end of the first trimester, Dr. Dagan called me for a talk. "I still want to be an actress" I said proudly. "Of course you do" she protested. "Being in my class is not enough, you need to make some effort, you should try to learn science, not just being present in class!" At that moment I realized that if I wanted to get through those auditions I had to do better than minimal effort. So for the first time in my life I payed attention in science classes, and found myself drawn to biology. By the end of the second trimester I made first in biology class and by the end of the year there was no way in the world I would switch my major. It had seemed to become my second nature, my intuition almost. It all just seemed to make sense.And so my dream of becoming an actress started fading away on the background of biomedical studies.
The second time I had to make a somewhat similar decision was at my undergraduate studies. Everyone around me seemed to make it in Hi-tech so I was considering studying computer sciences, although, I must admit, biomedical sciences were much more appealing to me, I just thought that naturally I am expected to follow my parents' route. "No offense" my mom said when I shared my thoughts with her. "But I have no intention of helping you with your homework when you go to college too. You should pick something you are good at, something that you really like". So I studied Medical Sciences and when I got my bachelors degree I realized there was nothing to do with only a bachelors degree in this field and the same was for when I got my masters degree, so I ended up doing a PhD in biochemistry, after taking a day job in a research lab in which I ended up staying throughout my graduate studies. With the heads of the lab being my mentors; I learned how to work at the bench, how to brainstorm, how to come up with novel theories and hypotheses and how to assess them experimentally, test my ideas and find answers (although somewhat partial) to my questions. And most importantly, in contrast to any other job I had before, I was having a GREAT time!