Bianca Pullen

Raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bianca is a 2005 graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in human development and a focus on the social and cultural aspects of medicine.  Bianca was a McNair Scholar and presented a paper on how social support systems affect the pregnancy outcomes of young African-American women.  After college, Bianca served as a Public Health Nutritionist at a WIC clinic for two years and worked with the Topahkal Family Practice to provide traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine to uninsured patients in Albuquerque.

Field placement: Medical Legal Partnership Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

Policy placement: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Washington, D.C.