Members of the Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere (MEDLIFE) include (front row, from left): Media and Advertising Officer Jacquelin Rodriguez and Membership and Recruitment Officer Iyla Bagheri. Back row: Trips Officer Ella Garza, President Tanvi Gupta, Vice President Laiba Asif and Fundraising Officer Brittany Bunag. MICHELLE ESPINOZA/THE RIDER
Name: Medicine, Education and Development for Low Income Families Everywhere (MEDLIFE)
Purpose: MEDLIFE is a volunteer-run, global health organization whose mission is to help families achieve greater freedom from the constraints of poverty and empowering them to live healthier lives. We seek to achieve this goal through partnerships with motivated individuals from impoverished communities, working to improve their access to medicine, education and development. MEDLIFE at UTRGV raises money for global development projects, coordinates weeklong medical volunteer trips, organizes local volunteer opportunities and actively increases awareness of the inequality in global health care.
President: Tanvi Gupta
Vice President: Laiba Asif
Trips Officer: Ella Garza
Fundraising Officer: Brittany Bunag
Membership and Recruitment Officer: Iyla Bagheri
Media and Advertising Officer: Jacquelin Rodriguez
Adviser: Hassan Ahmad, chemistry professor
Activities: Weeklong medical volunteer trips to developing nations, health care-related conferences, MEDLIFE scholarships for active members, local volunteer events with organizations such as Infinite Love and Be The Match, on-campus fundraisers, profit-shares with local restaurants and more.
Meetings: 12:15 p.m. every other Thursday in Science Building 2.102
Membership requirements: $25 annual dues
For more information, email: medlifeutrgv@gmail.com
Facebook: MEDLIFE RGV
Twitter: @medlife_rgv
–Compiled by Michelle Espinoza
