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Together with Prevention Institute, Healthline Media has announced the winners of the 2021 Stronger Scholarship program including one from the Miami area, Anne Jean Baptiste. Jean Baptiste will receive $7,000.
Since the launch of the Stronger Scholarship in 2017, Healthline has awarded more than $100,000 to 17 students using their education to improve the health and wellness landscape. Previous scholarships focused on mental health, in partnership with NAMI, and nutrition and food stability, in partnership with Feeding America. This year’s scholarship is focused on addressing health inequities in Black, Hispanic/Latinx and Indigenous communities.
“Healthline’s mission is to create a stronger, healthier world for all people,” said Laurie Dewan, vice president of Brand Insights and Communications at Healthline Media. “Through this scholarship, we are proud to advance the work of outstanding students who share this vision and are taking action to address health inequities in Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities. We’re thankful to Prevention Institute for helping us identify and reward these inspiring future leaders.”
The Healthline Stronger Scholarship was created for exceptional college and university students improving health outcomes, with this year’s theme being health equity. Scholarship winners were selected based on volunteer hours, community service and extracurriculars, and an essay they wrote identifying a current obstacle to health equity and how they plan to address it.
Local recipient Anne Jean Baptiste is a public health and international studies double major at the University of Miami. She has worked with Gift of Life, Planned Parenthood, Florida Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), Florida Department of Health, The AIDS Institute, and UNICEF to promote awareness, education and activism for HIV, sexual health and healthcare field work. She also has worked to ensure pregnant Black women receive quality treatment.
Jean Baptiste plans to use the scholarship funds to gain the undergraduate experience needed to pursue a master’s degree in public health to continue her work in HIV and STI treatment and prevention.
“At Prevention Institute we recognize that young people are actively changing the world by bringing new ideas, strategies and perspectives that create healthy, vibrant, equitable communities,” said Manal Aboelata, Prevention Institute’s deputy executive director. “We are honored to partner with Healthline on this year’s Stronger Scholarship as part of our commitment to cultivating and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders to be bold, authentic and tenacious as they pursue health equity and racial justice in their communities. We applaud this year’s winners for their leadership and wish them all the very best.”
