Fatema Basrai, a San Antonio 2012 TFA alum, noticed the close connection between education and public health as a third grade teacher. Today, she works at the Yale Institute for Global Health to support the creation of innovative health solutions.

Jamie saw firsthand the shortage of resources in low-income communities as a special education teacher. After the corps, Jamie dedicated her work in the field of philanthropy and social services to fight the very poverty that affected her students.

Christian Sascha Brown is a medical student at the Medical College of Georgia interested in pursuing psychiatry and adolescent medicine.

Teach For America alum Sandrene Cassells shares how her time leading a classroom enhanced her love for medicine, leadership, and a lifelong dedication to teaching and serving marginalized communities.

Alum Annie Dotson took her experience in the classroom to a career in health, where she focuses her research on pregnancy and young children.

Emily says that many of the lessons she learned through TFA changed her career trajectory—that kids can do anything, and truly care about their health. These discoveries led her towards a career in pediatrics.

During a public health internship in college, Lilian realized that teaching would blend her passion for science and her commitment to helping people. She’s now a pediatric resident working in rural communities that lack access to health care.

Dr. Peter Jenkins is a 1995 Baltimore alumnus and current Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University Health.

As an undersea medical officer, Rainey is following his passion for science and serving others. But his medical career wouldn’t be what it is today without his experience working as a middle school science teacher first.

Rebecca Purtell's experience as a TFA corps member prepared her for her role as a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital, including her main responsibility of caring for acutely ill children.