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Jen Hasvold is a 2005-06 Hart Fellow working in Cambodia.
Jennifer Hasvold from Rapid City, South Dakota,
graduated this spring with a political science major and a health
policy and chemistry minor. A Robertson Scholar and National Merit
Scholar finalist, she has conducted research in Iquitos, Peru, to
assess the frequency of midwife usage in the Amazon, and volunteered
in a clinic targeting underserved residents in and around Quito,
Ecuador. A certified EMT-basic care provider in North Carolina,
Hasvold participated in a documentary video project for Latina immigrants
in Durham and edited documentary footage in international human
rights issues for The Empowerment Project in Chapel Hill. She will
work in Battambang, Cambodia, with Homeland, which works to improve
the standard of living and well-being of vulnerable children and
families. Jen’s faculty advisor will be Kate Whetten, Assistant
Professor of Public Policy Studies and Community and Family Medicine
and Director of the Health Inequities Program.
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