Molly Lauria | Global Health Corps

Molly Lauria

Molly

Co-fellow

Eric Manasse

Eric Manasse Muvandimwe

Placement Country: Rwanda
Title: Management Fellow
Within each community is the power to collectively make change happen.

Molly grew up in Norwell, Massachusetts. She completed her undergraduate studies at Connecticut College, double majoring in French and International Relations with a concentration in Africa, Gender and Human Rights. While at Connecticut College, she completed a three-year interdisciplinary certificate program examining the impact of international laws related to gender in Rwanda. As a part of her studies, she spent three months in Rwanda working with the United Nations Population Fund. Prior to joining GHC, Molly worked with the West African non-profit, Project Muso Ladamunen in Mali, assisting in programmatic implementation and design along with data management and collection for programs in non-formal education and microfinance. Since completing her studies, Molly has additionally worked for a broad-based dental public health coalition in Massachusetts seeking to increase access and use of oral health services and evidence-based programs and as a research assistant at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine for a study regarding the oral health in underserved nursing home populations. Molly enjoys traveling and swimming and is excited to return to Rwanda to work with the Access Project.