Evan Bowman came to Yale with a clear path already mapped out: to be premed, with a focus on public health.
Her commitment to that specialty began in ninth grade, when she did a public health internship at a university near her home in Los Angeles. That led her to another internship as a peer health educator at an organization called Black Women for Wellness, which then led to a position on the youth advisory council at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
"I just really enjoyed the work of connecting with people about their health and providing them with resources," said Bowman, who is graduating from Yale with a degree in History of Medicine & Science and Public Health and, as planned, will attend medical school next fall.
That appreciation only deepened at Yale, especially after what Bowman describes as a "transformative" study-abroad experience in the spring of 2024. Through a program focused on global health, she traveled to India, South Africa, and Argentina, studying local health systems in each location.
