The Unseen Resilience of Angelenos: Addressing the Health Disparities
Trip Bio
The Urban Health Trip empowers students to take impactful action in promoting health equity, specifically in LA, a city with several healthcare issues in urban settings. Through the de-cal, the students learn how health expands past medical care to understand how systemic inequalities perpetuate health disparities. They are encouraged to look at healthcare in a holistic manner, rather than a hospital focused lens. Students are taught to view During the second part of the trip, the students go down to a LA to deepen their knowledge on urban health issues and community involvement. The Urban Health Trip views community work as more than a service trip, but an educational process centered around cultural humility and community integration.
Trip Leaders
Alexia Puerta Cordova (she/they) @alexiascordova
Molecular Cell Biology
Graduate Year: 2025
Veda Gottumukkala (she/her) @veda.gott
Public Health and Ethnic Studies
Graduate Year: 2027