About Me

My freshman year I enrolled in an honors peer mentor program where I was assigned a mentor who taught me the ins and outs of transitioning to college. From this experience I was able to make a personal connection with my mentor and was able to ask her questions about college, work load, courses, professors, extracurriculars, etc. From this experience I got my freshman year, I wanted to work with incoming honors freshman and grow close with them. 

My sophomore year I got accepted into the program and was matched with two incredible mentees, one was a pre-med neuroscience major and the other was a nursing major. I was able to give them great advice because they were going through the same problems I was going through as an incoming freshman. I was able to hear their perspectives on classes such as anatomy, biology, neuroscience, etc. They have similar opinions as I do on these courses. I try and give them resources and tips on studying and passing those classes because I was in the same boat. 

Being in this program has allowed me to grow personally and help those who are in the same boat as I was. 

My freshman year I was asked by my friend who was the president of the Medical Humanities club whether I wanted to be apart of the club as secretary/treasurer. The club was just coming back from hiatus after covid. The club did not meet as much my freshman year due to the lack of advertising the club and having set goals and plans. 

This year, my sophomore year, we are very involved in reviving the club back to the way it was. We have planned out an eventful first semester. So far for the semester we have had a MHHS professor panel, a cemetery tour, a trip to the medical library, and a movie night at the Kan Kan Theater. 

Being the secretary/ treasurer of this club has allowed me to make connections and network with the professors of the medical humanities department. My role in the club is to come up with ways to get more students to join, advertise for the club, as well as make a budget for the club. So far we have gotten many new students involved. The outcast is looking good and we are planning for a great Spring 2023 semester. 

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor. There are many St. Vincent de Paul centers around the nation. 

Back in Fort Wayne I joined my St. Vincent de Paul organization affiliated with my church. This specific branch is more of a social work branch. The duties and responsibilities I performed was listening to those who need help, seeing what the organization can do, and giving advice. Every Tuesday and Wednesday I would volunteer here over the summer. Each day I would see roughly 10-20 people in need. Usually they will come in seeking help with rent, transportation, hospital bills, family issues, etc. St. Vincent de Paul organization is funded on donations. We do the best we can with giving money to help with bills, buying bus passes, helping in all the ways possible. 

This organization is very different from the volunteer work I usually do. I have never done "social work," but it goes hand in hand with what I want to do in the future as a physician. Listening to patients is a major responsibility, and starting out early and listening to the underrepresented is a great way to have started out. Listening and being polite is exactly what these people who seek help need. Being able to help them in any way we can is a big fulfillment. 

The Community Harvest Food Bank is a nonprofit charitable organization operating in the state of Indiana. It is a member of Feeding America and Indiana's State Association of Food Banks. Community Harvest seeks to alleviate hunger through the full use of donated food and other resources. 

The Community Harvest Food Bank is one of the biggest local food banks in Fort Wayne. I started volunteering here my freshman year of high school. While volunteering here I would restock donated foods, clean the isles, and organize shelves. I enjoyed volunteering here because I would meet other volunteers who were there for the same goal- hopes of ending hunger. 

After a couple years of volunteering here I set up a canned food drive at my high school through the National Honor Society which I was the vice president of. This food drive was very successful and we had an overwhelming amount of food donated. The staff at the food bank was in awe at how much we raised since the establishment is built on donations. 

The Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic (IUSOC) is a free clinic in the outskirts of Indianapolis. This clinic strives to help those in need of medical, dental, legal, therapeutical, and social help. The mission of this clinic is to serve the underrepresented and uninsured population of Indianapolis. 

I started volunteering at the IUSOC the summer after my freshman year of college since I was in Indy for the summer. My responsibilities are to check in patients, create charts, and to make sure they get the help they need. 

Working as a front desk volunteer helped me gain communication skills one-on-one with patients. It was a great and fulfilling volunteer service and I fully enjoyed volunteering here and getting to see the different services offered. 

Matthew 25 Health and Care is a healthcare center that provides high-quality medical. dental, vision, and menthal health services at no charge to low-income, uninsured populations in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. This organization is soley based on donations, grants, and foundation. The mission of Matthew 25 is inspired by the Bible verses which they are named after- to offer hope to the most vulnerable in our community- treating them with compassion and dignity, regardless of background or beliefs.

I started volunteering at Matthew 25 my senior year of high school. I would volunteer at least a day every month. Some tasks I was assigned to do included greeting patients, checking patients in, checking vitals, rooming patients, and cleaning/sanitizing equipment and rooms. This clinic is were I first experienced patient interactions. I was nervous at first but communication with patients comes with time. After volunteering here for a longer period of time, communicating with patients became easier for me. 

I not only received patient-communication skills, but I was also able to shadow the different physicians in the clinic who were there volunteering, one of them being my mother. This clinic is where my passion for serving the underrepresented started because not everyone can get the care they need, but this clinic does the best to offer high quality care.

Goal stands for Get Onboard Active Learning and it is a program that teaches young children in local elementary schools about nutrition and wellness. 

Through mini "lectures" and fun activities for six weeks, we have taught around 40 elementary students this fall. Teaching the next generation of children about different ways to improve health is very important for a healthy future.

we plan the 5 ceremonies (Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, Run 2 Riley, Candlelight Ceremony, and the Awards Ceremony) that take place during the event and the Why Walks that take place during the school year