“Back home I am a peer educator; what we do is enlighten girls about reproductive health. In the near future I want to do a small project of addressing reproductive health issues in remote areas of Rwanda because I noticed the increment of school dropouts which is sometimes due to early pregnancy or simply not being able to afford sanitary items since they are expensive in the country.”
Agahozo
Home country: Rwanda
University: University of Miami, Class of 2027
Major: Microbiology & Immunology
Minors: Public Health, Biology, African Diaspora
Ashinaga Proposal Topic: Address the issues of delayed healthcare delivery in Rwanda through biomedicine and entrepreneurship.
I am passionate about the implementation of policies and leadership, which fosters my interest to dive deeper in the public health to be aware of what policies would be appropriate to create a healthy environment where everyone would thrive.
Connect with Agahozo on LinkedIn
Professional Interests:
◦ I would love to work in a hospital setting in a microbiology/immunology department. My interests are working with microbes, pandemic outbreaks, epidemics, infectious diseases, malaria, and/or immunizations.
Experience:
◦ On campus, I am a member of the University's Disciplinary Hearing Panel which addresses all disciplinary actions and sanctions of U Miami students.
◦ I serve as an International Student Fellow whereby the fellows meet with the ISSS team to discuss on how to help new international students as they navigate to a university life abroad.
◦ Over the summer, I attended the CIMPAD 13th International Conference on Public Management, Policy and Development whereby I learned that the youth should be creative to generate solutions for the world, and use the opportunities we have to create opportunities for others
Skills:
◦ Communication
◦ Team work
◦ Research
◦ Time management
◦ Laboratory skills (preparing bacteria smears, visualizing organisms under a microscope, gram staining of bacteria, aseptic techniques and culturing organisms)