Heather Viola
Human Services & International Affairs, BA
Graduated in 2014
After researching Northeastern’s many major offerings, Heather chose the university to gain a greater sense of which interests to pursue and where and how to direct them. She knew that Northeastern would support her path of self-discovery, developing skills applicable to the classroom and beyond. The experiential learning programs on offer were especially appealing.
Heather worked at the Boston Rescue Mission in her first-year service-learning class. She continued to volunteer for the next 4 years.
She volunteered with an NGO in Lusaka on a Dialogues of Civilization, providing social services to street youth that had been orphaned by HIV/AIDs.
Heather worked as a Junior Programme Officer for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit in Geneva, Switzerland.
“My human services experience has enhanced my academic development and experiential learning by demonstrating how one is not complete without the other. Everything that I learned in the classroom had direct implications for my work and experiences outside of the classroom.”
Heather now serves as the Senior Manager for Primary Healthcare, Exemplars in Global Health Program at Gates Ventures.
