Nina Tufaro

Quinnipiac Physician Assistant Program, Class of 2018

I was born and raised in Long Island, New York. I received a BA in Biology and English from Bucknell University and a Master of Public Health degree in the International Track from New York University.

I have volunteered with a New York City hospital organization aimed at providing support and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. I have also interned with the Uganda Village Project in rural Uganda, where I collaborated with local and international students to improve health in a village through education and improvement in access to health care.

My main attraction to the Urban Service Track is the program’s focus on multidisciplinary collaboration. I believe such work makes more efficient use of limited resources and leads to more comprehensive and successful programs and policy for providing health care to the medically underserved. During UST, I hope to learn more about how other healthcare disciplines contribute to medically underserved communities, to learn how best to integrate my public health education into my clinical practice as a Physician Assistant, and to develop my leadership skills.