When I was in high school, we didn’t have something like this.
- “MediBridge,” created by Appleton North senior Olivia Feng, connects local students with healthcare professionals to explore career options.
- More than 200 students from schools around the region attended the fair.
- Medical professionals, including an OB/GYN, demonstrated skills like delivering babies and highlighted different healthcare roles beyond doctors and nurses.
- The initiative aims to fill the lack of healthcare career exploration opportunities for students in the Appleton area.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story)
“We knew this was something that was lacking,” says Appleton Youth Education Initiative President Olivia Feng.
Feng, an Appleton North senior, helped bring it all together. “I knew I, like, loved health, but where exactly? There were so many different fields. So I was looking for ways to explore, but I couldn’t really find that,” she added.
So, Feng took the initiative. “We kind of came up with the idea of, like, ‘let’s make one!’”