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News News releases Carolina Public Health magazine Kang Chang 
| Kang Chang |
| December 27, 2011 | |
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Master's student  Kang Chang  Chang hopes to reduce disparities between his life and that of this Cambodian boy. How is one to feel about these very different realities? I don't know the answer. I do know that, by chance, I am part of a very small percentage of the global population with the advantages to respond to these inequalities.
I believe everyone should have the right to grow in an environment in which they can achieve to the best of their abilities. This is a distant dream for the current state of the world, but I believe it is a goal worth striving toward. Oftentimes, we are kept from the dream by environments that cause poor health outcomes or vulnerability to poor health outcomes. Improving water and sanitation is a cornerstone to basic public health. I am especially interested in the role of water, sanitation and health in economic development. My studies at UNC have allowed me the opportunity to begin bridging my knowledge gap so I might understand ways to develop proactive solutions to complex water and sanitation problems.
Extraordinary peers and eminent professors at this world-class public health institution have given value to my years at school beyond just the classes. UNC is a place in which I have taken a step closer to achieving my own potential. This experience is a gift and a call -- giving me the opportunity to grow such that I, too, can help others achieve their potential.
Carolina Public Health is a publication of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. To view previous issues, please visit www.sph.unc.edu/cph.
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| Last updated January 30, 2012 |