Angelica Lee

UConn School of Nursing, Class of 2016

I was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Watertown High School in Watertown, CT in 2012. In my senior year of high school, I obtained a Certification as a Nursing Assistant. Through this, I was able to gain clinical experience with high-acuity patients at Waterbury Hospital and at a long-term care facility at Apple Rehab in Watertown, CT. I was also able to obtain certification in CPR and First Aid, first in high school then later in college. This past year I was also privileged to serve as a fundraising representative for HuskyTHON. I sought involvement in the Urban Service Track because I believe that we can do without many long-term treatment procedures if we start focusing more on prevention of illness. I also have a growing interest in working on prevention in underprivileged, urban areas. Coming from a middle class family exposed to some of the struggles of obtaining certain kinds of healthcare, I want to see a change in how people view the feasibility of working with healthcare providers to live a long, healthy life. With UST, I have a unique opportunity to learn how to support those populations who are in dire need of healthcare and to help instill a new optimism in the minds of individuals willing to be active in healthy living.