Laurie’s Schools
-2024 Nepal
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Laurie Batal – New York
Bio: Laurie is a Nurse Practitioner, former molecular biologist, who worked primarily with HIV testing applications and then in reproductive health and obstetrics. She is currently working as a nurse practitioner for Planned Parenthood in New York, advocates for reproductive rights, and coaches ice hockey.
Why: I’m a first generation college and post-graduate from my family. It goes without saying the impact having access to education was in my life.
I have worked in Lombok, Indonesia teaching blood banks how to make affordable HIV tests and volunteered as a Nurse Practitioner in Nepal on a two week health care mission providing basic health care in a very remote village. I’ve brought my three kids to Ecuador to work on play areas in impoverished areas and to Tanzania to support fresh water projects.
All of these experiences taught me that working with a community (not simply doing for) is immensely more empowering for a community. This is only one of the reasons I’ve committed to Team Dayā. They work with the community to build schools: I believe the people receiving the aid own the achievement. We live in a large and diverse world: this is an opportunity to respect one another, and learn.