Noemi traveled to Tanzania in the summer of 2007 and worked at the African Child Care Center, teaching English and math. There, she met her boyfriend, whom she started dating only 2 years and many Verizon minutes later... Noemi also volunteered in Cuzco, Peru, the summer of 2008 - there, she worked on a vaccination campaign to protect kids from hepatitis B. Early in medical school, Noemi became a coordinator for Puentes de Salud, a free health clinic serving uninsured immigrants; she later interned with the organization, collaborating with the Mexican government to set up health fairs. Noemi furthered her interest in global health by participating in a clinical elective in Botswana. She is a Department of Health certified HIV tester and counselor. She just got back from working in Port Au Prince, Haiti, through Project Medishare