Rebekah Acosta

Colorado Springs

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I have a fierce passion for all things in life! My main passion and my heart is being a mother to my beautiful, caring and intelligent 13 year old. I love being involved in her sports which include track, basketball and cross country. I am into fitness and try to get to the gym at least 4 times a week. I also love to read, snowboard, camp and hike when I can get to the mountains! In the past couple of years I have been searching to do more in my community and to make an impact in my community and in the world. I am currently pursuing a career to by a Physician Assistant and hope to take my career and passion out into the world by serving others and the world around me.

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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.