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Afrah Howlader

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Gilman International Scholarship to Singapore, 2020
Critical Language Scholarship Recipient for Bangla, 2021

BS Public Health '21, Honors


Afrah is a public health student with minors in global studies and sociology. After graduation, Afrah will undertake a two-year Urban Health Policy Fellowship with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.  Ultimately, she would like to work in a governmental capacity and use evidence-based research to improve disparate health outcomes and empower marginalized communities. She is currently a Drexel Community Scholar serving at HIAS Pennsylvania, a Senior Class Representative in the Undergraduate Student Government Association, and a member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. In 2018, she was a Dornsife Global Development Scholar and worked in Eswatini.

Last updated: April 2021