Cynthia Kigoye

Advanced to Senior Year
Public Health Studies; Minor in Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Cynthia became aware of global health care disparities at the young age of 15 when she overheard her mother listening to a news report about a woman who gave birth to 44 children throughout her lifetime. Captivated by the story, she researched teen birth, labor complications, and health care issues, all the while wondering if she herself might have become one of those statistics had her parents made different life choices.

Overcome with empathy, she yearned to do something to help. Together with her brother, she founded Reset Clothing, a small business to help raise awareness and funds for non-profit organizations. She also served as Executive Board Member and Graphic Design Chair for the Global Medical Brigades; Intern and Classroom Assistant for The Village Learning Place/Center for Social Concern; and Co-Founder of a weekly podcast, sharing her life, struggles, and triumphs at a top-ten university.

Committed to advancing access to health care on a global scale, she traveled to Uganda, serving as a Student Observer at a local hospital. Over the course of her six-week internship, she shadowed health care providers in pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology. This summer, she interned at Kennedy Krieger Institute, exploring the field of neurodiversity, neurodevelopmental disability (NDD), and mental health in children, adults, and adolescents, and working closely with mentors and fellow cohort members to develop research projects and plain language resources accessible to the public.