Sara Fortin

UConn School of Medicine

I was raised in Snowville, NH, and graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in environmental studies. I have volunteered extensively with different service organizations. As a member of the National Civilian Community Corps, I traveled throughout the country completing service projects in disadvantaged communities. With the SCA Massachusetts Parks AmeriCorps Program, I taught a 13-week environmental science curriculum to elementary students and performed trail construction projects. More recently, I volunteered in the emergency department at American Red Cross in Farmington, CT. I currently work in the rehabilitation medicine department at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.

I joined UST because I hope this experience will better prepare me to work effectively and compassionately with underserved populations. I believe that access to quality health care is a right, not a privilege, and more needs to be done to ensure that everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status can reach that goal. Health care providers need to be better equipped to meet the needs of a population that is becoming increasingly diverse, and one way to do this is through interdisciplinary collaboration. I am excited about the opportunity to interact with students from other health care disciplines and learn how together we can work to improve patient care.