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Janikah Brice

Name: Janikah Brice School: Brandeis University Major(s): Undecided Class Year: Freshman When and how did you get involved with YSI? I...

Janikah Brice & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 27, 20172 min read

Christian Brambila

Name: Christian Brambila School:University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): Public Health/Pre-Med Class Year: 2018 When and how did you...

Christian Brambila & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 20, 20173 min read

Hannah Hallett

Name: Hannah Hallett School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Biology and Neuroscience Class Year: 2019 Which expeditions have you gone on? I have...

Hannah Hallett & Emily Adelsberger

Mar 13, 20174 min read

Happy Blog-iversery

The YSI Blog has been up and running for one full year! Here’s a recap of what YSI has accomplished in that time: Took almost 200...

Emily Adelsberger

Mar 9, 20171 min read

Abby Leclerc

Name: Abby Leclerc School: UNH Major(s): Neuroscience and Behavior Class Year: 2019 When and how did you get involved with YSI? This...

Abby Leclerc & Emily Adelsberger

Mar 2, 20172 min read

Public Health Curriculum

January 2017 has seen great progress in the development and standardization of YSI’s public health curriculum, as well as the structure...

Emily Adelsberger

Feb 21, 20173 min read

Session 3

Day 1: Session 3 advocates arrived at the compound right as the sun was setting. We played an icebreaker and immediately noticed an...

Emily Adelsberger

Jan 19, 20172 min read

Richeleo & Wawen Dina

A mother arrives with her two children and is greeted by Gia, our patient manager. Gia asks their name in Creole, assigns them an...

Emily Adelsberger

Jan 12, 20172 min read

Gia Chirico

Name: Gia Chirico School: Villanova University Major(s): Biochemistry and Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience Class year: 2017 When and...

Emily Adelsberger & Gia Chirico

Jan 5, 20172 min read

Bradley Flemming

Name: Bradley Fleming School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Majors: Biology and Economics Class year: Class of 2017 When and how...

Bradley Flemming & Emily Adelsberger

Nov 22, 20163 min read

The University of Vermont

Author: Jasper Flour School: The University of Vermont Leader: Jasper Flour Why you joined YSI: I wanted to immerse myself into a...

Jasper Flour

Nov 14, 20161 min read

Zion Bereket

Name: Zion Bereket School: Clark University Major(s): International Development, Public Health Class year: 2018 When and how did you get...

Emily Adelsberger & Zion Bereket

Nov 3, 20163 min read

Brandeis University

School: Brandeis How many expeditions has your chapter been a part of: 4 Haiti expeditions and 1 Mississippi expedition Number of...

Herlyne Das

Oct 20, 20161 min read

Emily Adelsberger

Name: Emily Adelsberger School: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Major(s): Communication and Architectural Design Studies Class year:...

Emily Adelsberger

Oct 10, 20164 min read

Villanova

School: Villanova University Leader: Annabel Anderson Why you joined YSI: As a nursing student, I wanted a way to combine my desire to...

Annabel Anderson

Oct 3, 20161 min read

Dabbins and His Second Chance

On my first trip to Haiti in January 2015, I returned from a field work day to see Marie with a bundled blue blanket in her arms and what...

Ashley Genza

Sep 19, 20163 min read

Cole Martens

Name: Cole Martens School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Biology (pre-med) spanish minor Class year: 2017 When and how did you get involved...

Cole Martens & Emily Adelsberger

Sep 8, 20162 min read

Karaoke Night

Eight days of volunteering can be tiring, but we always make sure to work in some fun to help wind down after a long day of work. Through...

Emily Adelsberger

Sep 1, 20162 min read

Annika Olson

Name: Annika Olson School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): Psychology and Economics Class year: 2016 (graduated in May)...

Annika Olson & Emily Adelsberger

Aug 23, 20162 min read

How Haiti Helped to Prepare Me for Study Abroad

Name: Niamh Mulrooney Major(s): Public Health Sciences and Pre-Medical Track School(s): University of Massachusetts Amherst Class Year:...

Niamh Mulrooney

Aug 15, 20162 min read