MPH student Michaela Avino was motivated to choose BCHS because of Pitt’s reputation in the field of public health. She got a good feeling from the BCHS faculty and the broader school faculty, as well as the students who made her feel like everyone really cared about and respected each other as whole people – not just as researchers, academics, and educators. All of the students who she had the opportunity to speak with sounded genuinely very happy with the program and the experience of living in Pittsburgh.
What are you passionate about?
I am passionate about improving people’s quality of life, human rights and social justice, education, art, science, and the environment.
What is your favorite class or one that you are looking forward to?
I am looking forward to Theories of Health Education and Health Promotion. I have a psychology background, so I am always thinking of better ways to get messages across to individuals and communities, and make them stick as well as how to encourage and empower individuals to make better health choices.
What is your favorite food, hangout, restaurant?
I’m really in love with Korean food and Asian food of all types – Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese. I spent a lot of the pandemic watching videos of Korean home cooks making a variety of common dishes and, I tried my best to replicate them. It was a lot of fun to learn about ingredients that I wasn’t familiar with before and start incorporating them more into my cooking.
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11/15/2021