one of 11 students from UW Bothell to be recognized for 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHelping others find community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Joining BSU and SSA added to Mohamed\u2019s sense of place and welcome. \u201cBeing able to share laughter and have a dialogue about belonging with students who understood what it was like to feel like an outsider was a relief,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She learned the importance of \u201clifting one another up\u201d and soon took leadership roles with both organizations. As BSU community outreach chair, she organized virtual events to engage members and other UW Bothell students, hosted speakers from different industries to share their professional journeys and took part in discussions on how to improve the student experience. As SSA community outreach officer, she connected club members with volunteer opportunities in the community and created events specific to local Somali people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both roles engendered a passion for community outreach and advocacy. In February 2021, Mohamed became involved with UW Mutual Aid, an organization that provides emergency financial support for students. She managed the accounts, assisted with social media posts and helped with grant applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet all this good work in the community left her with a nagging question: How could she fulfill her lifelong wish to become a physician while practicing her passion for community advocacy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She found the answer in her classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personal experience for the public good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Working closely with her professors, Mohamed realized that they were not only educators but also researchers incorporating their external interests into the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的y taught me the importance of analyzing different viewpoints and understanding how they can all contribute to a single outcome,\u201d Mohamed said, noting that this helped her realize that she could merge her community advocacy experiences with her goal of working in health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She became a research assistant on a UW Population Health Initiative study with the UW\u2019s Department of Global Health and the Somali Health Board. She had previously volunteered with the health board and was enthusiastic about supporting the health of her own community. 足彩app哪个是正规的 work focused on exploring barriers to 足彩app哪个是正规的 testing within the King County Somali community. She knew firsthand how language barriers impact the health and well-being of families and communities with limited political power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was able to create meaningful data narratives and findings that confirmed my lived experiences and that of my family and my community,\u201d she said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的re existed a widespread distrust of health care providers compounded by persistent health literacy barriers, which contributed to negative health outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her contributions to the work were profound, noted Dr. Keshet Ronen, assistant professor in the Department of Global Health, in her Husky 100 nomination of Mohamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNasra has been an enormous asset on our study team. She is extremely committed to her work and has been critical to several aspects of study implementation. She supported community-based quantitative and qualitative data collection for the study, led translation and transcription of interview recordings from Somali into English, has been an active participant in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and has given community presentations on the study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Passion meets profession<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In July 2021, Mohamed deepened her public health experience with the same team on a project to reduce maternal mortality in the Puntland State of Somalia. It focused on a female health workers program led by the Somalia Ministry of Health. Mohamed collected quantitative data on maternal and child health indicators, designed interview guides for front-line health care workers and conducted literature reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 project also looked at strengthening the coordination of local public health systems,\u201d Mohamed said. \u201cAs a future physician and researcher, I plan to use this experience to promote health equity among refugee and immigrant communities in King County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Sara Maxwell, associate professor in UW Bothell\u2019s School of IAS, also supported Mohamed\u2019s Husky 100 nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe has applied both her experiential and academic knowledge through her work with the Somali Health Board and the Population Health Initiative at UW by doing community-based work to magnify marginalized people\u2019s experiences with the health sector and move toward real solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNasra brought this kind of \u2018whole self\u2019 experience into the classroom as well, and I continue to learn from her \u2014 knowing she will continue to make incredible impacts on world as a health professional and community advocate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing lessons learned <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Echoing her mother\u2019s words of wisdom, Mohamed has her own advice for her future self that she hopes can apply to all college students: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Future Self, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d like to say every space will feel like a community and every classroom will feel welcoming, but that may not always be the case. Remember to keep your head up and acknowledge the journey you have been on that led you to where you are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue to work through imposter syndrome. It isn\u2019t an obstacle that you can overcome in a single day. It requires ample amounts of self-acceptance and self-growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please don\u2019t ever wait until it is unbearable to reach out for help. We both know how painful it was the first time around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing how important community advocacy is, continue to seek opportunities that allow you to grow and apply the skills you\u2019ve gained. Understand that your pursuit of medicine and community advocacy intersect, so don\u2019t ever feel like you have to pick one or the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope you use your experiences from both in and out of the classroom as a first-generation Somali immigrant to help students who may be going through something similar and to look back on your UW journey, as unconventional it might have been, as one to be proud of. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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