Anna Mascia, ’23

Student ambassador, prehealth, Anna Mascia

Pre-medical

Neuroscience and Psychology majors, Honors program

anna_mascia@uri.edu

Activities

Resident Assistant (RA). NIH MARC U*STAR Trainee. Disabilities Advocate (@possabilityuri). involvement with Talent Development. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for intro to biology labs. Lab assistant for human anatomy and physiology. Patient volunteer at Rhode Island Hospital on the Oncology unit. Former research assistant in Dr. Nicole Weiss. STRESS Lab at URI. Worked at CVS Health, Subway, URI Library.

What would you tell your freshman self?

Breathe. School is important, work is important, but most importantly: you are important. Once you learn how to help yourself, it makes helping others so much more meaningful. If you work hard, and find balance and autonomy in yourself, success will follow.