Unlocking College Life

Ep21: Fueling Your Flame - Ishita Shukla

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Joy and Ilona talk with Ishi Shukla, a junior at the University of Michigan, who is one of the co-founding members of a non-profit called the Lunar Doula Collective and a current president of a reciprocal student organization - the Luna Doula Support Network (LDSN). Ishi refuses to wait until she graduates to put her passions into action. She is driven by her passion to make a difference in her community and discusses how to keep moving forward even when it’s hard.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Engaging and impacting change (even) as a freshman
  • Putting theories learned in the classroom into real-world practice 
  • Addressing stigmatized sexual health & reproductive loss
  • Support for reproductive health, choice, and abortion
  • Paying attention to current times & needs – how to adapt your vision
  • Expecting change as part of growth
  • Holding onto hope and leaning on the strength of community
  • Taking student leadership to the next level, advocating for change
  • Choosing mentors who will fuel your flame
  • Lunar Doula Collective
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