Author Archives: Adrian

Children’s National Research Institute When I first arrived in Washington, D.C. for the summer, I anticipated professional development, exposure to health policy, and perhaps an expansion of my technical skill set. What I did not anticipate was a profound reshaping of how I understand the word community. Having grown up in a close-knit household, I’veContinue reading “Redefining Community by Lauren Afong”

By Sophie Works Hi everyone! This is Sophie giving you an update on my trip to Riga, Latvia. In this post, I’ll be letting you in on a few new pieces of information regarding my experience, some environmental influences that have pushed me to take new perspectives into consideration, a bit of self-reflection and evaluation,Continue reading “From Doubt to Departure: Growing Into My Riga Research Journey”

By Raymond Vickers Compass points compass points compass points. Starting off with:  N, aka New Information, aka New Info, Aka… what have I learned about my community-based interest? Well, starting off, sustainability is not so visible as I thought in Germany/Europe. Yes, I’ve seen some sonal panels, yes, I’ve seen trashcans (We have anti-bear trashcansContinue reading “Reflexivity Compass Points”

By Samuel Salib Over the summer, I’ve learned a lot about healthcare access, and my perspective has definitely shifted since the beginning. I used to think the main issues were just things like transportation or insurance, but now I see how much deeper it goes and that there are many layers involving cultural barriers, systemicContinue reading “Reflexivity Compass Points”

By Josiah Rivette N = New Information This summer, I am learning about how things work at the federal level in a way I never had before. Before coming to DC, I had a solid understanding of how policy moved through the state level from my time in the Florida Senate. But being in Congressman DarrenContinue reading “Reflexivity Compass Points”

By Kaetlyn Patnaude While I haven’t yet started my summer course, I’ve set up interviews for next week with US urban planners and have read some papers about sustainable justice. At the beginning of the summer I didn’t realize how Dutch urban planning has incorporated sustainability principles throughout the history of their country, like greenContinue reading “Preparing for my Summer Course on Design for the Just City”

By Caitlyn Katumalla N = New information: I’ve learned a lot this summer about aging, caring for others, and the emotional aspects of community health than I ever would have imagined. I’ve witnessed firsthand how much patients depend on more than just medical assistance through my volunteer work with Big Bend Hospice and the Alzheimer’sContinue reading “Finding Purpose in Care: Connecting Clinical Skills to Community Impact “

By Taylor Haul I have learned a lot regarding my research topic and community-based interest for my summer experience. When I first came up with my topic of understanding why women are underrepresented in the orthopedic field, I was very narrow headed and did not consider the in-depth reasons for why this is true. ThroughContinue reading “Reflexivity Compass Points”

My picture for the week are the sticker designs I submitted to the CRE contest!! Wish me luck!  By Alice Costa Braga N = New information I have learned so much about these first generation teenagers! Being completely transparent, through my research before the summer, I realized there is a stigma from those students. TheyContinue reading “Hi everyone!! I am on my second week with the kids and it has been a great experience! “

By Emma Clark This is the cover page for the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, one of the resilience collaboratives that I have been tasked to analyze. My understanding of how my research as a Sustainability Fellow has been conducted has certainly evolved over the course of this experience, influenced by several factors. AsContinue reading “An Evolving Understanding of Sustainability in Governance”