Congratulations to Sara Hatfield '22, Grace Deleon '21 and Veeraj Shah '21, who received the University of Maryland Do Good Institute's 2021 Do Good Medallion!
The Do Good Medallion recognizes undergraduate and graduate students for their extraordinary commitment to social impact and innovation and efforts to bolster the University of Maryland's impact as the nation's first Do Good Campus.
Hatfield, Deleon and Shah were among the 40 students to receive the 2021 Do Good Medallion from among thousands of undergraduate and graduate students across campus. These recipients competed as a semi-finalist or finalist in the annual, campus-wide Do Good Challenge; participated in the selective Do Good Accelerator Fellows program; served in the first cohort of Do Good Ambassadors; worked with local mission-driven organizations as an impact intern; and/or completed the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Sara Hatfield, a double major in behavioral and community health and family science, was selected for her accomplishment as a 2021 Do Good Challenge finalist with Public Health Beyond Borders. She serves a vice president for the student-led organization, which engages more than 200 UMD students in helping to reduce health disparities in partner communities while attaining leadership skills and global awareness through a sustainable model of cross-cultural learning.
Grace Deleon, a behavioral and community health graduate, was selected for her work as a Fall 2020 impact intern with the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC). At NVRDC, Deleon worked with the advocacy team on projects that empowered survivors of crime to achieve justice through advocacy, case management and legal services. Deleon has also served as a clinical operations intern with the Viva Center, where she explored her passion for mental health advocacy and holistic, trauma-informed care. Her interest in foster care and child welfare stems from her work at local nonprofit organizations and her exposure to the foster care community at university.
Veeraj Shah, who pursued dual degrees in biological sciences with a specialization in neurobiology and physiology and individual studies majoring in health policy and technology, was selected for his work as a co-founder of Chat Health, a nonprofit organization run by 40 student volunteers bridging the gap between college students and medically accurate health information through accessible SMS chatbots, as well as his accomplishments as a 2019 Do Good Challenge semi-finalist (Public Health Beyond Borders) and a 2021 Do Good Challenge winner (Chat Health).