Colin is from Boulder, Colorado. He received his bachelor’s degree in International Affairs at the University of Colorado and during college, spent a semester in Mali studying rural empowerment through land management. He received his MPH in Community Health Promotion from the University of Minnesota. During his graduate studies, Colin volunteered with the Uganda Village Project on rural health improvement projects for safe drinking water and sanitation in Iganga District, Uganda. He also led a small group of American high school students on a cultural exchange and service-learning trip in Ghana as part of The Experiment in International Living. Before GHC, Colin worked as a Quality Analyst for a group of clinics, primarily serving uninsured patients in northern Minneapolis. Colin loves learning new languages, and speaks French and English fluently.