{"id":60376,"date":"2017-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/25\/com-student-of-the-month-4\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T05:00:00","slug":"com-student-of-the-month-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/25\/com-student-of-the-month-4\/","title":{"rendered":"COM Student of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><strong><span>Name:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span>Sophia Schneider<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Hometown:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span>Omaha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Program\/Year:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span>College of Medicine, Class of 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Education:<\/span><\/strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I graduated with a&nbsp;bachelor of science in biochemistry with minors in chemistry, mathematics, and humanities in medicine from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Activities:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>President &#8211; Student Alliance for Global Health <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Co-Philanthropy Chair &#8211; Family Medicine Interest Group <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Refugee health educator &#8211; Bridge to Care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Intramural curling<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Hobbies:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Embroidery, reading, riding my bike, and<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>playing with my cats!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Staying Balanced:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>I would be lying if I said I was always good at staying balanced, however, my family is a big help in keeping me calm and reminding me that while the days can be long and difficult now, it will all be worth it in the end. Even on the hard days, they are always so encouraging!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I also like to keep up the pre-test tradition a few friends and I started of getting ice cream the day before each major exam. It&#039;s something easy, but always brightens our day and allows us to&nbsp;enjoy each other&#039;s company without studying for a while.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Three things people may not know about me:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color:black\">I am passionate about medicine and wellness in underserved communities, and I helped start a health education task force at inCOMMON, a community center here in Omaha, about 3.5 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color:black\">I have an Etsy shop where I sell custom&nbsp;hand-embroidery pieces all over the country.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"color:black\">Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I still dress up in family-coordinated costumes with my parents to hand out candy!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ice cream the day before each major exam helps second-year medical student relieve the 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