Hi! My name is Mackenzie Hiner, I am from Orlando, and I am currently a freshman at Florida State University double majoring in Psychology and Social Work. Over the summer, I will be flying to the Central Region of Kosoa in Ghana for 36 days from June 6th to July 11th. I will be volunteeringContinue reading “Hey! I’m Mackenzie!”
Category Archives: Global Scholars
Hi! I’m Mariana!
Hello my name is Mariana Avila and I am a second year student studying behavioral neuroscience. I was born and raised in Miami and my family is from Colombia. During the summer I hope to volunteer at a health clinic that offers free primary care to low-income residents of South Florida. As a volunteer IContinue reading “Hi! I’m Mariana!”
Hey! I am Diana!
Hi, my name is Diana Morillo. I am a junior majoring in international affairs with a minor in Information Technologies and a concentration in Public Administration. I am from Miami, Florida and will be traveling to Agadir, Morocco this summer! I will be working for a organization called Connect Institute. This organization allows young adultsContinue reading “Hey! I am Diana!”
Hey! I’m Gisela!
Global Scholars initial blog post!
Final Post
I am interested in exploring how desensitized some practitioners become in medicine and how that affects treatment and the emotional state of practitioners. I do not know too much, but from my year and a half of experience in medicine, as a medical assistant for a surgeon, I have started to see how sometimes IContinue reading “Final Post”
Stories In The Media
One issue that has really hot and stuck me like most political issues is the ruling of Roe vs Wade. Rather than most women banding to protect our own rights I have seen almost this battle over social media of competing views. It hurts to see this in our community and I think most peopleContinue reading “Stories In The Media”
Capping Off My Summer
My area of interest was, in broad terms, learning more about how emergency management works within a community or a region. Specifically, I went into the summer interested in how high risk communities were impacted. I knew very little about the subject as it was something that is not emphasized in school or readily availableContinue reading “Capping Off My Summer”
My Capstone Project
For my Capstone, I decided to study access to healthcare in Peru. While I have been at FSU, I have grown a strong interest in learning about how people access healthcare and what barriers or facilitators they encounter while doing so. I spent five weeks this summer in Cusco, Peru, volunteering at a shelter forContinue reading “My Capstone Project”
Final Blog
My interest started with dance and how I can bring my passion for dance into my summer experience. Then when I resorted to kinesthetic learning approaches while teaching, I wanted to explore the ways movement benefits not just physical health, but overall cognitive, social/emotional well-being as well. Previously, I knew from studying mental disorders likeContinue reading “Final Blog”
Summary of My Capstone
For my capstone, my interest was how caseworkers approach helping refugees. Refugees often arrive at their resettlement location with trauma and a complicated past. Therefore, it is essential that caseworkers take certain measures to help refugees based on their unique situation. This Summer, I interned at the International Rescue Committee, where I learned extensively aboutContinue reading “Summary of My Capstone”
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