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This year I had the opportunity to get a work study job working for the HIV/STI Hotline at Equitas Health. It has been an incredible experience to have a job that relates to what I want to do in the future. I have learned so much from my responsibilities and the people I work with. I’m so excited that at the beginning of my sophomore year I found a job that I enjoy and has taught me skills I will use in the future. The skills I learned at this job already helped me to become the Social Media Manager for the Public Health Student Leadership Council. I can’t wait to return in the fall.

Sophomore Year in Review

Looking back to the beginning of this year, I cannot believe how far I have come. I have grown a lot academically and professionally. This year I got to take my first public health courses. It was exciting to start learning about what I am getting a degree in. I have learned so many skills from these classes. I also took challenging science classes like organic chemistry and I learned a lot about how to study from these classes.

Outside of the classroom I got more involved and grew a lot from those experiences. I joined a Christian sisterhood on campus called Kappa Phi. In this group I made some amazing friends and grew so much in my faith. I also got more involved in the public health community. I got a new job that has taught me so much about public health outreach. I also had the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC and learn about public health and policy. It was an amazing experience to interact with lawmakers, learn about public health jobs in federal government, and meet so many amazing people in public health.

This has also been a year of personal growth for me and a year to grow my leadership skills. I have had the opportunity to take on multiple leadership positions. I am now the Social Media Manager for the Public Health Student Leadership Council, and the President of Kappa Phi. I’ve been so excited to learn from these experiences, and I’m so excited to continue to grow in these experiences next year. So many of the things I have accomplished this year are because of this program and the opportunities it provided.

Statement of Action

I am so thankful that I have been a part of the biological sciences scholars program for the past two years. This program has pushed me to achieve my goals and exposed me to many opportunities that have propelled me further in my college career. As I complete my last two years at Ohio State I have many goals I would like to complete. I’m excited to finish my degree in Environmental Public Health. I want to also get involved in some kind of public health research. Also, I want to find more opportunities to give back to the Columbus community. Lastly, I look forward to growing Kappa Phi the Christian sisterhood I am apart of in my new role as president.

Public Health Policy Trip

 

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Over spring break I had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. with the college of public health and learn about the relationship between public health and policy. I am so grateful for this opportunity to not just learn about public health and policy, but to also experience and participate in it. On this trip I got to advocate for public health policy to lawmakers, learn about working at federal agencies, watch a committee meeting, and talk with the surgeon general (as pictured above). I learned so much about how to create change on this three day trip and made countless friends and memories. This trip inspired me, changed the way I thought, and reaffirmed that public health was the correct path for me.