Gains in Spain: What I Hope to Learn!

Hi! My name is Aseda Asomaning, and I am a first year nursing student from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. I am currently a student in the Fredrick Honors College and am pursuing a Global Health Certificate alongside my nursing degree. Growing up surrounded by family members in healthcare, I was exposed early on…

Headed to the UK

Hi! My name is Della Davis and I am a first-year nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh. I am from Haddonfield, New Jersey where I have a younger brother, Alex, and two dogs. In my free time I enjoy hiking, reading, drawing, and skiing. At the University of Pittsburgh, I am a member of…

Introduction: Katie Proctor

Hello from Arona, PA – and soon, Birmingham, UK! Hi everyone! My name is Katie, and I’m from the small town of Arona, Pennsylvania. I’m currently a nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, and I’m so excited to share that I’ll be studying abroad in Birmingham, United Kingdom! This will be my…

Day 7: Black Country and Olivia Rodrigo!

This morning, we had to meet at 8 o’clock to catch the public bus to the Black Country Living Museum. To our surprise, the bus was about to leave right as we all got outside of the hotel. We had to run to catch it, but all of us successfully made it on. Once we…

Meeting Nikayla Jones

Choosing my passion Hello, I am Nikayla Jones. I am a freshman nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg. I am from Columbus, Ohio, but was raised in the valley area of Pittsburgh, PA. Growing up, I faced many obstacles, and the experiences I had, I aspired to be a nurse. I always wanted to…

Last Day

Today is a our last full day! I know tomorrow we are doing a couple of things, but this is our last full day before we head off to the airport. In summary I had a great time, and learned so so much. I feel super honored to have met with such high ranking officials…

Day 10

This morning I got breakfast and got the NYT mini in 3:15. Not that great, but it’s okay. I had a good breakfast and coffee. Then we headed on the bus and went to the hospital to hear about the mutualism and a about a mutualistic company. The whole point of a mutual is to…

Day 9

Today I got my best NTY mini time of 57 seconds. I had breakfast and coffee this morning with adding cinnamon in it. I will do that again tomorrow. Great change of pace. We headed to University of Austral and got a lecture and a tour of the private hospital. We spoke with the head…

Day 7

One week in! Today we woke up and had a lovely breakfast before heading on the bus to a ranch about an hour away. We sat around right away and ate food and chatted with everyone. Then, we had a feast of a lunch trying all different kinds of meat. I tried blood sausage for…

Day 6

Happy Friday! Today started with, again, a beautiful coffee in the morning and finishing the NYT mini in a minute 1:14. We headed into Tigre and went on a boat tour. Others boats drove by and everyone waved that was passing by. That made me so happy that all the people were so friendly. You…

Day 5

Today started with a super good breakfast and an hour bus ride to a public hospital. We got a tour all through the public hospital. This was super eye opening to see all the different wards and areas of the hospital. A really interesting part of the tour is that the hospital is all one…

Day 4

Today started with us going to hear Dra Josefina Medrano talk about her time as the Minister of Health for the province of Salta during covid. It was an honor to get to talk to her because she was the first women to take on that roll and dealt with the pandemic. Being in a…

Day 3

This morning we went to the Ministry of Health, and talked to the current deputy of health. We had about an hour lecture about the focus the government has on health. The conversation Daniel led talked about the goals the ministry is focusing on. There is a big push for primary care providers, new technology,…

Argentina + Me :)

Hello, I am Elise Renee. I am a first year nursing student heading to Argentina for a comparative healthcare study abroad. I grew up in a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin, so for my birthday my mother did expedite me cheese and I watched every Packer game this year. On campus I am involved in NSA…

See You Soon South America!

Hi everyone! My name is Alexa McPike and I am a Pitt 2026 Nursing student. I am an active member of Pitt Nursing Student Association (NSA) and I have been a part of the DEI Committee, Mental Health Committee, and Health Equity Committee. I have done volunteering with NSA in partnership with Days for Girls…

Kendall Williams

Hello! My name is Kendall Williams and I am from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. I was a nursing student at Pitt-Greensburg, but recently changed my major to engineering. My hobbies include painting, hiking, and a lot of baking. I’m not completely sure what I want my professional life to look like in the future, but I know…