Timothea Vo

UConn School of Nursing

I was raised in Cos Cob and Norwalk, Conn. by my parents, who

immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam shortly before I was born. My family was sponsored by the Greenwich Christ Church to help us transition more easily to American life. I did community service work in high school, then at UConn connected with certain nursing and health care-related clubs and organizations that led me to the forefront of student nursing leadership. I’ve volunteered with the UConn American Red Cross Club, UConn Healthcare Simulation Society, and UConn Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), the American Nurses Association (ANA) and UConn Student Nurses Association (SNA), where I made frequent visits to the Mansfield Nursing Home to spend time with the elderly. I’ve also been publicity manager for Sigma Theta Alpha, UConn’s first pre-health co-ed fraternity, which hosts and participates in a number of charitable events, and volunteered at The Norwalk Hospital, assisting physical and occupational therapy patients at outpatient settings in rehabilitation services, and occupational health services. I sought involvement in UST because I wanted to serve my community in a greater way. As I carry my UST experiences with me into my profession as a nurse, I am confident that UST will have made me become a more attuned nurse to the state of health care and its problems that need fixing. I will have witnessed and communicated with individuals who may have expressed health care concerns and will be able to channel these queries back to political spheres. More importantly, UST will help shape my nursing care in the future because the interprofessional conversation taking place in UST will only continue like a ripple for many years to come.