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All of the students featured in this section are graduating seniors who are a part of our second cohort of Advanced LEAP Scholars. Read below to learn more about Raksha, Naidelyn, and Angie's, undergraduate experiences at UC Berkeley!

All of the students featured in this section are graduating seniors who are a part of our second cohort of Advanced LEAP Scholars 2022-24. Read below to learn more about Nora and Sunsaara’s undergraduate experiences at UC Berkeley!

This past fall semester, I have been partaking in a community public health study abroad program in Gaborone, Botswana. Through the program, I visited local clinics and health posts once a week to observe the functioning of health systems in Botswana, and I enrolled in coursework at the University of Botswana studying public health topics in the context of Botswana and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

During the summer between my junior and senior years, I completed an internship with Beyond the Pill, a program of the Bixby Center at the University of California, San Francisco. It was exciting to have this opportunity to spend my summer at this esteemed research department dedicated to Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH), with the goal of promoting access and equity in contraceptive healthcare and the mission of addressing social determinants of health for underserved populations. 

The collaborative event with UC Berkeley’s Center of Excellence in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (COE in MCAH) and University of Washington’s (UW) Epidemiology - Maternal and Child Health program(link is external) was a thought-provoking day offering deep insights into my journey towards becoming a future MCAH public health practitioner and researcher.

The 2023 Minorities in Health Conference was held on the 16th of April this year. Since 2009, this annual student-led event holds the primary purpose of educating students about health disparities that impact our communities and finding ways to decrease these disparities by encouraging and inspiring primarily high school and undergraduate students to strive toward higher education and, ultimately, careers in health. Organized by the Minorities in Health (MIH) Planning Committee, this was the first fully in-person conference since 2019.

Students featured in this section are graduating seniors in our first cohort of Advanced LEAP Scholars. Read below to learn more about Bryana, Gurashish and Julia's experiences!

All of the students featured in this section are graduating seniors who are a part of our first cohort of Advanced LEAP Scholars. Read below to learn more about Casey, Crystal, and Ainsley's undergraduate experiences at UC Berkeley!