Jessica Mancini

Castle Rock, CO

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This has been a dream of mine since I shadowed a doctor for the first time at the age of 14. She told me about the medical missions she went on, and it inspired me. At that young age, I saw that medicine had the limitless power of healing across socioeconomic and geographical borders thanks to the medical professionals that donate their own time, talent, and passion for healing to benefit such noble and necessary causes. I am very passionate about contributing to efforts such as these, where those with a passion for medical care and a genuine empathy and love for people can utilize and apply those skills to help those who desperately need the medical care. Medicine is obviously about making history and answering the unanswered questions, but medicine can have just as much of an impact in that it gives those who pursue it as a career the opportunity to reach out and heal those who have been cast aside and left un-cared for. Having a passion for a career in the field of medicine, along with the desire to help those in the most need are two characteristics I possess, and are skills that I am honored to be able to use to give back.

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My Affiliations
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Global Medical Brigades at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Global Medical Brigades at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Website: university-of-colorado-colorado-springs-medical-dental-brigade

Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.




Upcoming Initiatives

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Medical Brigade May 2025 Guatemala

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, Guatemala, Greece and Belize. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.