Daniel Chen is a fourth-year in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is in the interdisciplinary neuroscience program and plans to attend medical school this year. His volunteer work focuses on providing UVA students with service-learning opportunities. He serves as the co-president of the Brain Exercise Initiative (BEI) UVA Chapter, a Madison House Medical Services Program Director, and the founder of a mission partnership of Friendship Bench (FB) of Zimbabwe in Charlottesville.

WHAT LED YOU TO YOUR SERVICE WORK?

Being a person for others has been a term I learned recently. I imagine this could probably be applied to me because my childhood seemed to be spent more on service rather than play. I never felt comfortable spending too much time focusing on myself, so really, volunteering has always been a home away from home, or safe space if you will.

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