Hello! My name is Vanessa Addai. I am seventeen years old and a senior in high school. I am African American with an ethnic background of Ghanaian and I currently live in Bronx, New York. When I am not occupied with school, in my free time I like to play tennis, shop, bike, travel, volunteer and watch and rate TV shows/ movies. My career goal is to be a part of the medical field as a physician. With this career I believe I can aid in leveling the playing field when it comes to helping minorities receive equal and equitable health care. In turn I hope this will help to lower the percentage of underrepresented lives dying due to lack of health care or lack of attention given to their medical problems. In order to start this journey and gain the needed experience, I am going to attend a 4 year university in Fall of 2022. The unfortunate part is institutions like this require a large amount of funds to participate in. However no matter what I will pursue this form of higher education and other programs like it such as medical school and residency. Currently, my aim is to gain enough scholarship and grant awards in order to pursue these dreams without the financial burden of debt in the end, taking away from my focus on my medical goals. In closing, I would like to thank anyone in advance for any consideration I have the privilege of receiving from them in the future.

• Sales Associate

  Apparel & Fashion · Flynn O'Hara Uniforms

  Jan 2022 – Present

• Camp Counselor

  Education · Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club

  Jan 2022 – Present

• Actress/ Tennis Player

  Marketing and Advertising · Nike NYC

  Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

• Clinical Intern/ Research Officer

  Hospital & Health Care · 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund

  Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

• Advocacy
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Tennis

  Club · 4 awards

  2013 – Present

  Awards:

  NYJTL 2017 SUMMER JAMBOREE FINALIST , NYJTL 2018 SUMMER JAMBOREE THIRD PLACE, Medal for "NYJTL CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS SPRING 2019", Co-op city NYJTL Most improved in 2013 and 14

• Clinical Intern/ Researcher Officer

  1199SEIU National Benefit Fund · Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities

  2021 – 2021

  Research topic:

  Health care disparities

• Volunteer

  Gay-Straight Alliance · Painting

  2019 – 2019

  Productions:

  Creating and painting posters for Pride Parade in NYC

• Tennis Instructor

  Volunteering · New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL)- Co-op City, New York

  2019 – 2019

  Mission:

  Teach beginners the basic skills of tennis; Orchestrate enjoyable beginner level tennis based games; Ensure participants were hydrated and rested on breaks to prevent burn out of energy

• Participant

  Volunteering · Covenant House Sleep out New Jersey

  2021 – 2021

  Mission:

  To support the homeless youth

• Teacher's aid/ Teacher's assistant

  Volunteering · Volunteered at my church as a Sunday school church assistant

  2019 – 2021

  Mission:

  To help educate children who come to class about Catholicism