Athena Childs

University of Arizona
Public Health/Business Administration
Graduate - Master's Candidate

As part of my graduate studies (MPH/MBA), I have an internship with the UCEDD Border Initiative wheelchair project in Nogales, Mexico. This opportunity allows me to combine my skills in business and public health as I work with my Mexican colleagues to create a marketing plan to make the wheelchair shop sustainable and wheelchairs more accessible. It is inspiring to be a part of a project that can provide highly skilled employment opportunities to wheelchair users as well as helping to meet the demand for providing appropriate customized chairs in northern Mexico to people of all economic means. As a UCEDD trainee I am learning more about the context that surrounds this project.