Rina Desai

UConn School of Medicine, Class of 2017

I was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. I graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2013 with a B.S. in Physiology and Neurobiology.

While at the University of Connecticut, I volunteered at the Windham Heights After School Tutoring Program, a program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. As a tutor, I had the opportunity to work with a population that was primarily Hispanic and from an impoverished socioeconomic background. In addition to helping the students with their homework, I was also a mentor and role model to them.

By getting involved with the Urban Service Track, I hope to contribute to the UConn School of Medicine community by participating in community service for under-served populations while I learn medicine. UST will help me become more aware of the unique health issues faced by under-served populations and teach me how to direct my energies towards mitigating those unique health issues. I also look forward to working with the inter-professional healthcare team that UST will provide, one that enfolds all the necessary health care actors into a coherent unit.