September 16, 2021

Lawryn Fowler, Lani McQuilkin, and Yosselin Turcios, each MPH students in the department of Community Health and Prevention and members of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Peer Health Educators Executive Board at the Dornsife School of Public Health, completed a Title V MCH Block Grant internship over the summer. The Title V program is a partnership between the federal government and states aimed at promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers, children, and families.

To learn about their experience, we asked a series of questions below.

Lawryn Fowler

Fowler is from Gaithersburg, MD and now living in West Philadelphia as she pursues her MPH with a minor in MCH. She worked at the District of Columbia Department of Health.

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Lani McQuilkin

McQuilkin is from Sandpoint, ID and currently living in Princeton, NJ. She worked for the Division for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (DCYSHN) at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH).

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Yosselin Turcios

Turcios is an Alexandria, VA, native who recently moved to Philadelphia. She worked for the Indiana Department of Health's Maternal and Child Health Division.

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