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Most African people receive their health care from nurses or midwives, yet there is a large gap between the unmet health priorities in the region.

Cliff Roberson has worked as a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders, Health Volunteers Overseas, and International Medical Corps in Mexico, Belize, South Sudan, Palestine, Vietnam, Bhutan and Haiti. 

The Winter Break Alumni-Student Connection paired more than 75 students with alumni working in their fields of interest, either in New York or back in their hometowns. The pilot program had two goals: first, to offer students an insider’s view of the broad range of career paths available to advanced practice nurses, and second, to expose them to the breadth of workplace options outside hospitals and in other settings they may not expect.

I arrived overwhelmed by injustice, inequality, and lack of access to reproductive care, but I left the center hopeful, and inspired by competent Haitian midwives and their resilient patients.