Hello everyone! My name is Iqra Choudhry and I am a rising sophomore in the NHS majoring in Human Science. I hope everyone has had an amazing summer and is ready for the upcoming school year. I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and reflect on my summer in this blog series. I …
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Joon Nam’s Summer Blog
Hi! My name is Joon Nam, and I am a rising junior majoring in Global Health. This summer, I have been teaching at a “summer camp” for minority, low-income students. I found this “camp” four years ago with my mom and my brother because most low-income families in my community had a difficult time finding …
Geraldine Sackey’s Summer Blog
Initially, my summer plan was to travel to London and spend time with my family. After all, it is only the summer after my first year of college. Now this is my first time in the United Kingdom and upon observation, I can say that there lie multiple health disparities in the city of London. …
Marelyn Perez-Badillo’s Summer Blog
Over the course of the past couple of weeks, I have been participating in a translational health internship program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The past 5 weeks have been full early morning shifts in different public children’s hospitals and primary care centers surrounded by crowded waiting rooms full of crying babies, coughing infants, and tired …
Ezlie Perez’s Summer Blog
Hello! My name is Ezlie Perez and I am a rising Junior majoring in Global Health. This summer I am studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina with 12 other Georgetown students. We are participating in the Translational Health Science Internship that incorporates classes, lab research, and shadowing pediatricians in hospitals. While working in the lab …
Minority Health Initiative Council 