Jennifer Jenkins took a break between her third and fourth years of medical school to practice what is called “street medicine” with an organization in Pittsburgh. She made “house calls” on the streets, handing out medicine, socks and sandwiches. And she was glad to do it. Jenkins, 35, was once there herself.
“There’s nothing special about me,” says Jenkins, sitting in a cafe on Willy Street just days after graduating from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “You should see the resilience of the homeless people on the street.”