Caroline Sagrera
Caroline is a fourth year medical student at LSU Health Shreveport in Louisiana. She is interested in medical anthropology and mental health, with a focus on stigma and trauma. She graduated magna cum laude from Spring Hill College in 2016, where she was a collegiate athlete earning numerous national honors for softball. She then moved on to earn a Master of Science in Global Health degree from University of California San Francisco, where her research thesis sought to explore nurse-midwife perceptions of what is deemed respectful maternal care during labor and delivery. Her research provided data for curriculum recommendations to PRONTO International, an organization that develops and implements innovative labor and delivery trainings in LMIC via local training brigades. Locally, she is involved with the Shreveport Adolescent and Reproductive Health Project, where she developed a sexual health education and training course that focuses on educating and empowering the local adolescent community via science-based data in a safe and un-biased environment. Currently, she is a member of our Digital Advocacy Team, where she manages the Kushinga Twitter account, posting mental health data and resources relevant to Zimbabwe, and develops our website. After graduation from medical school, she will pursue a career in psychiatry. Her future goals aim to continue researching gaps in mental health care accessibility in a public health setting and working towards strengthening those mental health systems.
Caroline is a fourth year medical student at LSU Health Shreveport in Louisiana. She is interested in medical anthropology and mental health, with a focus on stigma and trauma. She graduated magna cum laude from Spring Hill College in 2016, where she was a collegiate athlete earning numerous national honors for softball. She then moved on to earn a Master of Science in Global Health degree from University of California San Francisco, where her research thesis sought to explore nurse-midwife perceptions of what is deemed respectful maternal care during labor and delivery. Her research provided data for curriculum recommendations to PRONTO International, an organization that develops and implements innovative labor and delivery trainings in LMIC via local training brigades. Locally, she is involved with the Shreveport Adolescent and Reproductive Health Project, where she developed a sexual health education and training course that focuses on educating and empowering the local adolescent community via science-based data in a safe and un-biased environment. Currently, she is a member of our Digital Advocacy Team, where she manages the Kushinga Twitter account, posting mental health data and resources relevant to Zimbabwe, and develops our website. After graduation from medical school, she will pursue a career in psychiatry. Her future goals aim to continue researching gaps in mental health care accessibility in a public health setting and working towards strengthening those mental health systems.