Goofer, I don't think it is a shameless plug. In my opinion, you are being rather modest about her accomplishments, which I found on her website.
Check this out the following bio, SoWallers. Makes me want to go out and do something with purpose. Goofer, your daughter sounds like a very impressive young lady. She is one of those special people who change the world.
From
www.uniteforsight.org :
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President and CEO
JStaple@uniteforsight.org
Jennifer Staple founded Unite For Sight during her sophomore year at Yale University in Fall 2000. During the previous summer, Jennifer worked as a clinical ophthalmology research associate. While interacting with low-income patients, she learned about eye diseases that could have been prevented by early medical intervention. Their poignant stories made her recognize the need for community programs to promote eye health, motivating her to found Unite For Sight.
Under Jennifer's stewardship, the organization has grown from a community-based nonprofit organization in New Haven to an international nonprofit organization serving the medically underserved in 25 countries. She has created 90 chapters throughout the world, engaging more than 4,000 professionals and students.
Currently a medical student at Stanford University School of Medicine, Jennifer is a cum laude graduate of Yale University, where she received her Bachelors Degree in Biology and Anthropology in May 2003. Prior to beginning medical school, she taught high school science. Her clinical, community-based, and laboratory research have resulted in several publications. For her commitment to public service and leadership, Jennifer has been featured in the book Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World, as well as in many other publications. She has also received numerous awards. Selected for a leadership honor by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, she was also named to the 2003 USA Today All-USA Academic First Team honoring the top 20 college students in the United States. In 2002, she was named one of the "Top Ten College Women in America" by Glamour Magazine. She was also honored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the College Board as a winner in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition. She also received the 2004 Global Youth Action Network's Global Youth Action Award as well as the 2004 YouthActionNet Award from the International Youth Foundation and Nokia for leading positive change throughout the world.
Dr. Bernard Kouchner, Co-Founder of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers), wrote about Jennifer in the book
Our Time Is Now: Young People Changing The World:
"Over the centuries, most leaders have sought to bring about change through military intervention. I've tried to mobilize people to undertake another strategy - humanitarian intervention. Every citizen has the right to receive care and live with dignity, and national boundaries and political or financial circumstances cannot influence who receives that support. Through her work to expand the fight against blindness around the globe, Jennifer Staple has intervened in some of the world's poorest communities to ensure that their citizens, too, can lead healthy and productive lives."
