I attended the PLEN Women in STEM Policy seminar due to the influence of my mentor Alden Landry, MD, MPH. He displayed the importance and value a Master’s in Public Health has on his career and encouraged me to research the necessary degree, or degrees, I would need to make…

Washington has always been one of those places that I had always felt like I would belong. Coming from a rural North Country New York background, I did not have many opportunities to get outside of the realm of my community and really see where I should be, what different…

My experience at the Public Leadership Education Network’s (PLEN) Women in Health Policy seminar was inspirational, empowering, and offered invaluable experience and knowledge that I plan to pass on to the next generation of women leaders on the TWU campus. This three-day seminar was packed with opportunities to learn from…

The night before I attended my PLEN seminar, I was nervous. But not just regular nervous; I had that excited nervous feeling that you get when you know that your next experience might change your life forever. As I packed my bags and got my documents in order, I thought…

I learned about PLEN at my college because Smith College is one of the member institutions for PLEN. I specifically attended PLEN’s Women, Law and Legal Advocacy. I really wanted to attend this seminar because ever since I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to…

I learned about PLEN through an advisor at my college. I ultimately decided to attend the seminar because I felt that it was a crucial resource for women interested in pursuing a career in the law field. Although I was one of the first and only students from SUNY Geneseo…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.” For most of my life, I attempted impacting positive change exclusively through community service. Whether it was collecting donations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation with my family or collecting…

I heard about the PLEN seminar from friends who had attended the conference in the previous years, and they described the conference as a life-changing and inspiring event. I was very unsure if I wanted to participate because I was not financially prepared to meet all the costs; however, one…

A few weeks before the PLEN Women in Health Policy seminar, my advisor frantically emailed me about the fast-approaching scholarship application deadline. She didn’t want me to get my hopes up, but she thought this seminar would be a perfect opportunity for me and I should definitely apply. Another one…