Morgan Barbre, APA ‘15
Recent graduate and NC State Park Scholar, Morgan Barbre ’15 traveled to the fourth triennial Women Deliver global conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. With nearly 6000 attendees from more than 150 countries, this gathering was the largest forum held in the last dec
ade to discuss girls’ and women’s health issues and rights Morgan felt the conference was, “a phenomenal opportunity to engage in the international conversation on global maternal health, sustainability, and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.” During the four-day event, Barbre heard presenters such as Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan, and Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation. But the speaker who most impressed Morgan was a midwife from Nakaseke Hospital in Uganda. The woman’s fierceness and dedication to her profession left their mark on Morgan. The entire experience inspired her to plan several speaker events this fall at NC State.
Morgan’s interest in global maternal health started in high school while a student at Parrott, when she spent time during the summer working at a home for special needs children in Antiua, Guatemala. She learned that children’s disabilities-cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other developmental and physical delays-were directly linked to mothers’ poor prenatal care or birth complications. She began to see intersections between her interests in science, medicine, spirituality, and the psychology of healing, leading her to plan a career in social work and medicine in some capacity.
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Amanda Cannon, APA ‘13
Amanda Cannon has been interested in the music industry since her time at Parrott, but she wasn’t sure how to translate that interest into a career. Amanda enrolled at NC State as a Park Scholar in the fall of 2013. After spending the summer after freshman year in Nashville studying music copyright law and volunteering at the Country Music Association, Amanda realized that her dream of working in the music industry was a very real possibility. Back at NC State Amanda served as the Union Acitivities Board Leisure and Entertainment Committee and is now the executive vice president of the organization. She coordinated several entertainment events including the NC State’s Campout, an annual school spirit event that marks the beginning o
f Wolfpack basketball season. This semester, Cannon planned PackHowl, NC State’s sold-out Homecoming concert. Cannon also secured the Country Music Association’s endorsement to launch a chapter of its college outreach program, CMA EDU, at NC State. Amanda spent this past summer interning in marketing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from NC State in the spring of 2017, Amanda plans to relocate to Nashville and begin a career in the music industry.
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