Concordia University Students Serve on Guatemala Medical Mission Trip

Eleven students from Concordia University, Nebraska (cune.edu) spent their spring break serving in Guatemala on a medical mission trip led by Concordia’s associate professor of health and human performance, Dr. Jennifer Janousek, Dr. Sarah Matthias, a pediatrician at Complete Children’s Health in Lincoln, Nebraska and Jill Beisel, a physician assistant at Gastroenterology Specialties in Lincoln.

The students stayed and worked in Amatitlan, Guatemala at Santa Cruz church and medical clinic. Additionally, they worked in two villages in the mountains called Jocotillo and Mastilla Bajas. Each day, the group hosted a medical clinic and conducted a health fair for students and families on topics such as handwashing, parasite prevention, dental hygiene, nutrition, first aid, poison prevention and spiritual health.

The students prepared for the trip in Janousek’s global health undergraduate course this semester.

Students attending the trip include: Austin Nelson, senior, Seward, Neb.; Kaylyn Beiermann, sophomore, Lincoln, Neb.; Samantha Boardman, senior, Seward, Neb.; Maria Carabantes, junior, Omaha, Neb.; Coleman Cogswell, senior, Seward, Neb.; Le’Dontrae Gooden, senior, Sacramento, Cali.; Brett James, senior, Kearney, Neb.; Kailey Bales, freshman, Elkhart, Kan.; Alayna Kavanaugh, senior, Roca, Neb.; Kelli Niemeier, senior, Beatrice, Neb.; Lisa Pope, sophomore, Lincoln, Neb.

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