The largest student-led movement for global health

Passion. This word sparked my initiative to implement a positive change in today’s world. Inevitably, in combination with my passion for medicine, this initiative paved my journey towards health equity; I strove to help aid the billion people suffering in destitute poverty with little, or no access to healthcare. As a product of passion, I launched a chapter of Global Medical Brigades at Oakland University. Together, as a group of Oakland University students, we worked to organize and plan a medical brigade. Our goal was to provide free healthcare to as many people as possible in a rural Honduran community.

Global Brigades launched with the insight of this powerful idea; that, as students, we have the capability of changing our world, and empowering our collegiate communities. As students we stand as influential advocates for global health, and socioeconomic development in the Developing World…

Global Brigades has provided me with so many incredible opportunities. My Honduran experiences reaffirmed my passion for humanitarianism, as well as, medicine. Not only have I grown as a person, but the skills I have acquired as a Global Brigades’ student leader are priceless. Thank you, Global Brigades and all the wonderful student leaders Global Brigades encompasses. Keep up the great work!

My experience with global brigade in Honduras was truly life changing. My family all came from poverty in Latin America, but I had never taken the time to truly considered the relation between their oral health and their economic situation in depth. After being exposed to the conditions in rural Honduras I felt truly connected me with the life my parents lived at a young age in Mexico. It taught me so much about a life I never knew, but not only that, but it also expanded my overall knowledge on oral health. I learned about a different approach to treatment and learned about the mouth from different perspectives than I had before. I also made some of the most valuable connections I have ever made with the people I met on this trip. I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.