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National Team Rider
New York Medical College
New York, NY
I was born in Vienna, Austria, but spent most of my childhood in a small agricultural community in Northern Ireland. In this community, hard working folks (such as my parents) lived together with adults with Down's syndrome and autism and cared for them. As a child, I did not differentiate between those with disease and those without; to me, each member of the community was equally unique and deserved all my love, care and respect.
When I was 13, following the job market for my dad and chasing some modern version of the American dream for the kids, my family relocated to rural Colorado and then to Santa Fe, NM. I studied Religion at Brown University focusing on how religious beliefs affect medical decisions. In my travels, I have backpacked through Europe, relearned German with my grandmother in southern Austria, toured Australia and New Zealand, and worked with children in a surgical clinic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
My journeys and life experiences brought me to New York Medical College, where I am now in my fourth year. I hope to become an ophthalmologist and plan to devote some of my career working with at-need populations around the globe. The focus of Ride For World Health greatly appeals to me because many issues in international health have reinforced my interest in medicine. I look for ways to share my passion for medicine and dedication to positively affecting the lives of others and I see this cross country journey doing just that.
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