How Wellesley Students Are Serving Their Communities Across the Country
By Macy Lipkin '23 (Crew)
Service takes many forms for Wellesley students who are helping out in communities in Indiana, Texas, Maine, and Rhode Island amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Houston
Gaya Krishna '22 (Crew) had been a volunteer greeter in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital emergency room for over a year when she had to head home to Houston in March. Within a few weeks, she began volunteering at a COVID-19 testing site, where she takes patients' temperatures and collects their initial contact and medical information.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
When schools closed across the country, many K-12 students were faced with challenges at home that would affect their education. Maria Iannotti '20 (Crew) felt that her experience as an academic success coach (ASC) at Wellesley had prepared her to help them. She has worked with the ASC program, run by the Pforzheimer Learning & Teaching Center, since 2017, and most recently was a program coordinator supporting a team of ASCs as well as working directly with the College's Davis Scholars.