Source: Poverty Solutions
Nahiely Reza knew her fluency in Spanish could be an asset to her work at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. But she didn’t anticipate some of the ways the language would open up new connections with the communities engaged in the research.
Reza said the realization that she could combine her cultural heritage, her natural community ties, and her public health expertise in the research process was one of the most valuable takeaways from her time as a student research assistant at Poverty Solutions, a university-wide initiative that takes an interdisciplinary approach to action-based research on new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.
