According to Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man’s proportion theory, the human body is naturally made so that the distance from one’s chin to one’s forehead is approximately the distance from one’s wrist to the tip of their middle finger. Considering that this is a theory, it can only be expected that outliers exist. I am an outlier- my small hands only cover 3/4 of my face. They are borderline kid hands. Insecurities of the typified adolescent female...

What first attracted me to the Health and Societies program at the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences was that it was a program open to multiple specializations while still maintaining a focus on health. After my participation and accomplishments in Model United Nations, I realized that I wanted to pursue a career field with an international and interdisciplinary focus. In Model UN, I realized the scope of many issues extended beyond the immediate parameters of that...