LAURA BLASI

fELLOW 2020

Laura is a dietetic intern and second-year MPH student in the Nutritional Sciences department at the University of Washington. She previously attended Franklin & Marshall college where she received a BA in Anthropology. Laura has worked in human resources, corporate philanthropy, and in non-profit program management.  As a nutrition educator, she organized and implemented nutrition education programs in a variety of settings throughout New York City.  Laura has also worked with women and children in international settings. In Zambia, she worked as a teaching assistant at a primary school in Zambia and most recently spent time in Kenya developing a training on breastfeeding promotion for health care providers.

From her prior experiences, Laura knows the importance of community driven interventions and the meaningful impact they can have. She is health excited to learn from and partner with the SCOPE team to help improve maternal and child health outcomes.