Meet Kavi Shrestha

Kavi Shrestha, BA ’24 (global studies, political science)
2023 Truman Scholar finalist

Former UO Student Body Vice President Kavi Shrestha, also a Wayne Morse Scholar, is passionate about advocacy and global health equity. Last year, he spent the summer completing a global health internship with Child Family Health International in Mexico. While living with a host family in Oaxaca, he studied community-based aspects of the Mexican health system. His goal is “to reimagine health systems to become more comprehensive, addressing root causes of illness and social determinants of health— creating opportunities for individuals to lead happy and healthy lives.”

Shrestha was thrilled to be chosen as a Truman Scholar finalist. But the stress of trying to figure out how to coordinate all the travel and expenses for the final interviews in Seattle was not so thrilling. Until he found out that donors and the URDS Impact Fund would cover all those costs.

 

​"Given the quick turnaround between being made aware I was a Truman finalist and the need to arrange flights for the interview, the Impact Fund was instrumental in allowing me to focus on interview preparation instead of stressing about travel expenditures and logistics. I am sincerely grateful to those who made the fund possible, as it truly eased my stress and made me more comfortable going into my interview."