Staff Writer: Liz Lang

 Elizabeth is a senior at the University of California Irvine finishing up her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Public Health Sciences. She has always taken an interest in nutrition, healthy living and community projects. Currently Elizabeth is involved with Engineers without Borders and the Flying Samaritans, groups that pursue global humanitarian efforts. She works to effectively communicate science by creating education programs. She is also involved with UROP as part of a research project called “Lowering Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Levels: The Effectiveness of Diabetes Education in Rural Mexico”. This January she will be completing an internship with UCI’s Verano Preschool researching child growth and development and studying how children learn through hands on programs which she will design and implement. Upon graduating Elizabeth wants to start on her Master’s of Science in Human Nutrition degree. She has a passion for helping facilitate knowledge and hopes to one day get involved with Public Health Policy work with a science focus.