Intern Journal

          En route to Nueva Esperanza this foggy morning, I’m filled with a feeling of anticipation: I get to see Soledad and her son today. Looking out…

Two years ago I volunteered at a MEDLIFE mobile clinic, hauling cement with sixty other University of Michigan students, to help build a staircase in the community of 22 de…

The 2015-2016 year long internship has ended, a huge thank you to all of our interns for your hard work this year! A lot was accomplished this year, and we…

How is it that 840,000 people worldwide die each year from a water-borne illness? Twice the population of the United States lives without access to water! I found myself sitting…

“The Two Most Important Days in your Life are the Day You Are Born and the Day You Find Out Why” – Mark Twain   MEDLIFE means different things to…

  When I think back on my first few months working with MEDLIFE, some experiences stick out more than the rest. Experiences that challenged me in new ways, or…

Around 7 months ago I had to ask myself, why would I book a flight to somewhere 6,316 miles away, from home, to a place I’ve only seen on a…

Six months and five days ago, I was sitting in the study room of the University of Michigan’s Union with my best friend.  Aside from studying for the last final…

Turn on the news, listen to NPR, skim through ‘The Vice,’ catch up on an uplifting documentary such as “Blackfish” and you may easily become overwhelmed with problems around the…

Getting off the phone with my almost 15 year old sister and hearing her get excited about her first homecoming dance and her experiences as a freshman in high…

It’s already been about 2 months since I arrived in Lima and I have no idea where the time has gone. I am experiencing so much everyday that weeks go…

I have travelled to other countries in Europe and Latin America, but living in Lima for the past month has been a great gift. My first days were filled with…