I attached a recording of my presentation here if you are interested. I also continue to use my background in music and the arts, most recently in my global health work where I assisted with HIV research in Zambia and became friends with an underground LGBTQ community there. I still refer to the infographic from your website.

I wish I had learned about it earlier, so I am now working with a local high school in Pennsylvania to incorporate more content about environmental health disparities into their curriculum. Break the Cycle introduced me to the concept of environmental health disparities. I am now a 4th-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine and am concurrently obtaining my Masters in Education. I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to participate in your program because it sparked my interest in health disparities research, which I plan to continue in my career. I was part of the Break the Cycle program in 2016 where I worked with LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness to create a music and arts program.Īs I draft my personal statement for residency, I began to reflect upon the moments that significantly impacted my life.

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