Ashlyn Richie

Seibert, CO

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I am a sophomore at UCCS studying Biology - Biomedical Science with a minor in Communication. I love being around others and helping them in any way that I can. I have hopes of continuing on to medical school to become a pediatrician because of my love of kids. My passion to be a medical provider comes from my dad who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Health is the one area of life that affects everyone around you, yet you have almost no control over. My hope is to be able to help families in the upmost way of healing, and give them the chance to live life to the fullest that my dad and family didn't get.

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Website: university-of-colorado-colorado-springs-medical-dental-brigade


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.



Upcoming Initiatives

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Medical Brigade May 2025 Guatemala

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, Guatemala, Greece and Belize. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.