As a 2010 Frist Global Health Leader, Vanderbilt nursing student Lauren Eppinger traveled to Guatemala to work at Primeros Pasos.
Lauren Eppinger graduated in August 2010 from the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. During the fall of 2010, she worked at the Primeros Pasos clinic in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Passionate about making the world a better place through healing and the sharing of knowledge, she integrates teaching into every health care encounter.
Before pursuing a path in nursing, Lauren studied art and psychology at Bennington College, in Vermont. She believes that this interdisciplinary perspective has helped her shape a deeper understanding of the world, and a desire to be a global citizen. She hopes to be able to weave her experience and her education into successful work with the clinic in Guatemala, and elsewhere in the future.
Lauren lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She plans to work in pediatric primary care, focusing on family-based preventativehealth care.
Read about Lauren’s experiences as a 2010 Frist Global Health Leader
- 04 October 2010: Global Health Leader Lauren Eppinger Arrives in Guatemala
- 18 October 2010: Health School Program at Primeros Pasos
- 02 November 2010: Diagnosing and Treating Malnutrition in Xela, Guatemala
- 16 November 2010: An appeal for hope: the battle with apathy
- 02 December 2010: Helping Any Way We Can
- 15 December 2010: Wrapping Up the Malnutrition Project
- 26 December 2010: Finishing up in Xela and Returning to the United States