Lynne Chow, NUR ’24, Seattle, WA
This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to work at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Main Hospital as a Nurse Tech in the Emergency Department. Beginning this summer opportunity, I was unsure of what …
Olivia Szewczyk, COL ’24, New Orleans, LA
Being someone that has grown up all my life going to dermatologists offices, I knew that one day, I wanted to be involved in dermatological medicine. Now, I am a rising senior in …
Kaitlyn Francisco, NUR ’24, East Brunswick, NJ
When I was 13 years old, I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. It affected my tibia in my left leg and put a halt to my regular life. I …
Klarissa Diaz, COL ’26, Houston, TX
Over the summer, I worked in Sunny Shin’s Immunology Lab for the Microbiology Department in the Perelman School of Medicine. I began working in her lab in October when I first came to Penn …
Allaha Mohiby, COL ’25, Pomona, NY
This summer, I had the opportunity to work in the lab of Professor DeJonghe. I had an amazing experience working alongside postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tito Borner and lab technician Allison Pataro. The lab focuses …
Grace Wang, COL ’26, Plano, TX
This summer, I had the privilege of interning at The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal-advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. This opportunity perfectly combined my interests in legal …
Matthew Landell, COL ’23, Rosedale, NY/USA
This summer I was named a Breakthrough Fellow at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on the Medical Excellence Team. As a fellow this summer, I completed the first component from Pfizer’s initiative to advance students of Black/African …
Anusha Keshireddy, SEAS ’23. Chesterfield, NJ
This summer I had the opportunity to continue my research at the Richardson Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. I first joined the Richardson Lab in January of …
Clarissa Yee, NUR ’23, Staten Island, NY
A piece of advice I always hear since the start of my nursing education from my instructors to other fellow nurses is that to be a “good” nurse comes a lot from experience. …
Jayden Huynh-Vuong, WH ’25, Glen Allen, VA
You’re sitting on your couch with a bag of chips (hopefully, kettle-cooked), trying to catch up on your favorite Netflix show, when you hear booming, vehement alarms coming from your phone. It causes …
