Vinita Mistry

UConn School of Pharmacy, Class of 2019

I was born in Cambridge, England and raised in Mansfield, MA. I am currently an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy working as a pharmacy intern at Natchaug Hospital, a behavioral health facility in Mansfield Center, CT.

Previously, I have volunteered in a retirement community and for the American Red Cross blood drives at UCONN and have worked as a karate instructor at the YMCA and as a pharmacy technician at Stop & Shop. As an Urban Health Scholar my goal is to use my experience with these different organizations to help find solutions to make health care more assessable and desirable to underserved populations. My time at UCONN has only further instilled my desire to help people and taking a part in UST gives me the opportunity to actually use my education in the health care system to make a difference as a student. I not only hope to learn and grow as a developing pharmacist in this program, but to share what I learn and know with people living in underserved communities.