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Brie Wallace is graduating this spring with degrees in Community Health Education and Psychology and a minor in Human Biology. In the fall, Brie will be starting the Applied Psychological Science Master\u2019s Program at Pacific University. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do ultimately, but I do know that I want to work with people one-on-one.\u201d <\/p>\n

Brie is particularly drawn to the area of women\u2019s and girl\u2019s health. \u201cI volunteered with the Girl Scouts for 10 years and loved seeing the impact of a supportive environment on girls as they grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brie is a non-traditional student in many ways.<\/p>\n

For one, she\u2019s a few years older than many of her peers. After graduating high school, Brie travelled around the country for 4 years before starting college. \u201cI chose WOU because I really liked the campus. I\u2019m from a small town so this place felt like home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brie is also the first person in her family to attend college. \u201cIt\u2019s a really big deal for my family since my mom had to drop out of college to have me.\u201d She goes on to describe how this is one of the reasons she is passionate about women\u2019s health and reproductive rights. \u201cMy mom was a teen mom and her mom was a teen mom, but imagine what else they could have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

To minimize student loan debt, Brie works 4 jobs. She is a work-study aide in the registrar\u2019s office, a support specialist at Columbia Community Mental Health, an employee at a local temp agency, and a retail worker at a formal wear shop. This is in addition to her community health internship at the Dallas Retirement Village, which, according to Brie, \u201chas been a really steep learning curve since it\u2019s not the population I\u2019m used to studying.\u201d
\nBrie is appreciative for the experiences that have helped prepare her for grad school and her career. Working at Columbia Community Mental Health has helped her practice counseling skills.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I have to be tough with them and ask point-blank, \u2018are you lying to me?\u2019 It\u2019s not always easy, but it\u2019s rewarding. Plus, it\u2019s a little like working with young people because even though they might be 50, if they started using at 18, then that\u2019s where they are developmentally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The classes Brie remembers most fondly include professor Tatum\u2019s Health 412 class (\u201cI still use \u2018change your perception\u2019 as a way to deal with problems\u201d) and Dr. Vala-Haynes\u2019s Research Methods class (\u201cI learned so much about qualitative and quantitative research that really impressed my psych professors and classmates.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Brie is also thankful for the support of the HEXS professors. In particular, she talks about how she really clicked with \u201cDr. V.H\u201d (Vala-Haynes). \u201cDr. V.H. helped me a ton with my grad school application and thinking through my plans for the future. She doesn\u2019t take any of my BS and I think that is good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

To wrap up, Brie has the following advice for students:<\/p>\n