Rubby Koomson is a nursing major who hopes to enter the field of public health. From East Hartford, CT, she graduated from East Hartford High School. She recently spent a summer in Ghana, West Africa with the UConn Global Medical Brigades, providing basic health care for the locals under the supervision of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. It was a life-changing experience that cemented her professional interests and allowed her to indulge in her personal interest in languages; she speaks three fluently and is working on a fourth.