Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
High School: Western Reserve Academy
Major: Public Health, Concentration: Pre-med, Minor:
Psychology
Activities: Women's cross country and track, Baha'i Club,
Pre-Health Club, Baby-sitting, Street Outreach.
Favorite class?
There are too many to choose from! I think that I would like to
use this question to address how grateful I am that Haverford
College allowed me to design an independent major in Public Health
and take courses that interest me. Classes such as: "Violence and
Public Health", "Bodies of Injustice" and "Medical Ethics" expanded
my understanding of issues that I find fascinating and have the
potential to motivate students to better the world.
How the Haverford experience is unique?
I am so thankful for the opportunities that Haverford has granted
me. Experiences such as: working at and AIDS organization in New
York City over spring break, volunteering at an orphanage/ hospice
for HIV patients in Guatemala for eight weeks and working with a
pediatrician studying HIV in North Philadelphia have all opened my
heart and mind to deeper understanding of a four gene virus gravely
affecting the lives of millions.
What does it mean to you to be a
student-athlete?
I like that the word “student-athlete” is hyphenated
and not two words because in my life the two cannot be separated. I
do not think that I could sanely do one without the other. In both
areas the goal is the same: pursuit of excellence. Each role has
taught me lessons that I need for the other such as determination,
persistence, cooperation, and goal setting. I am grateful for the
opportunity to do both.
Post-graduate plans:
I plan to take one year off before going to medical school. During
this year off I hope to hike the Appalachian Trail with my mom,
work on a farm in Oregon, do some type of Baha'i service project
and nanny. If I end up going to medical school I am strongly
interested in pediatrics, public health, and serving the
underserved.
Favorite Haverford memory?
This is another impossible question because each day I find joy in
the things I do whether it be having a mini food fight in the
dining center, enjoying a wonderful conversation with my major
advisor, going on a long run and ending up in the fountain of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Good company usually makes any
experience worthwhile.