Health & Exercise Science Major, BHM Minor
Q: What have you been up to since graduating in 2021?
A:I have completed my Masters of Public Health (MPH) at Texas A&M University and am now in the first year of my Doctorate of Public Health (DrPH) at A&M. I have a concentration in Health Behavior and am currently focusing on maternal and child health studies. My research focuses on maternal and child health, reproductive justice, and health inequities. After completing my DrPH, I hope to find a professor position and start my own non-profit that provides comprehensive sexual and reproductive education to teenagers and adults, as well as providing advocacy for women of color as they navigate their reproductive lives.
Q: What impact has the BHM minor had in preparing you for life beyond Wake Forest ?
A: I can say that the minor is single-handedly responsible for where I am now. The BHM minor allowed me to explore the philosophy, history, and ethics of many health disparities and issues. Beyond that, the classes I took for the minor laid the groundwork for my public health education, and gave me a “leg up” during my masters and now during my doctoral program. The BHM minor is really where I found what I was passionate about. I knew that I wanted to focus on minority reproductive health, but I was not sure how to focus that in or what exactly I wanted to do with the interest. Classes like Sickness and Health in American History and Gender and the Politics of Health helped me learn more about the interest, its historical context, and how to research more about it.
Q: Do you have a favorite memory about Wake Forest or a particular class or anything else you would like to share?
A: One of my favorite memories about Wake Forest was orientation week. During orientation week, I met a lot of the people who would go on to be my lifelong friends and it’s truly when I fell in love with Wake. I got to learn more about the school and what my life would be like while I was there, it made the difficult time of moving away from my parents a little easier.