Category: Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS

Leslie Adams is a doctoral student in the Health Behavior program. She studies care-seeking behaviors and mental health service inequities among marginalized populations. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? I have always loved research, but I … Read more

Ashley Crawford is in the second year of the MPH program in Health Behavior 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? Based on my interests in undergrad, I knew that I wanted to gain more experience in … Read more

Alli Schad is a final year Master’s student in the School of Social Work, specializing in integrated health care, mental health, and addiction treatment. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? I wholeheartedly believe in the unlimited … Read more

Jennifer Rangel is a Master’s candidate in the Department of City & Regional Planning. She is a member of UNC’s Latin@ Education Research Hub in the School of Education and a member of the UNC Women of Worth Events Committee. … Read more

Yesenia Merino is a doctoral student in the Health Behavior program in the School of Public Health 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? After working in various realms of public health for years, I decided to … Read more

María J. Durán is a doctoral student in the department of English and Comparative Literature and Graduate Research Assistant for the Latina/o Studies Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. She studies 20th century-contemporary Latina/o Literature with a focus on drama and performance and … Read more

Samuel Baxter is a first-generation graduate student in the Health Policy and Management program. 1. What made you decide to pursue a graduate degree? As I attended college, I became aware of the type of societal problems I wanted to … Read more