Hello from Amy

Hi everyone,

This poor blog has been neglected for some time, but with the new year comes a fresh start; starting this week, you're going to be seeing more posts from the members of the Stanford Dance Marathon education team as we muse about all matters related to health care, HIV/AIDS, public service, etc.--basically, anything and everything Dance Marathon-y.

Since different members of the DM team will write about different topics according to their interests, I'll briefly introduce myself and the sort of things that I'm interested in discussing through this blog. I'm a HumBio major with an area of concentration in Public and Community Health. I'm really interested in the socioeconomic and cultural aspects of health, so you might see me ranting about things like the effects of the political instability in Zimbabwe on their health care system, or about how women can be especially vulnerable to HIV because of their gender and status in society. Since I work at the Haas Center, you might see me musing about public service, and since I'm a senior, you might see me panicking about searching for a (public service- or health-related) job.

Well, that's enough for now. We really hope that you'll join in on the discussions that we'll be having on this blog. Please feel more than free to leave comments and ask us questions about anything related to HIV/AIDS, international/community health, or Dance Marathon. If you're interested in, dare I say it, contributing to the blog as a poster, just let us know and we'll see what we can do.

See you soon!