Meet Intern Brooklyn Lowry

• Name: Brooklyn Lowry
• Year: Senior
• School: Drake University
• Major: Healthcare Administration
• Minor: Business Studies, Psychology
• Concentration: Global & Comparative Public Health

Why Prevent Child Abuse Iowa?

I wanted to expand on my interests of serving underserved communities and minority populations. I specifically chose Prevent Child Abuse Iowa after meeting the Executive Director, Sharon Miller, for about 8 minutes. She was harshly honest about the needs and expectations for the internship.

How was your 1st day at PCA Iowa?

Exciting and overwhelming at the same time.

What was your favorite part of your 1st day?

Meeting the whole team because I met Sharon back in May and I’ve been anticipating meeting the team for months now. I also got to sit in on a meeting.

What’s your perfect job?

I like to be involved with everything. I like a job to allow me to show my strengths, and also give me opportunities to exercise my weaknesses, learn new skills, and work with people who are different from me.

In order for things to be successful we not only need multiple minds, but different minds.

What’s your favorite Adventure?

I’m a rule-follower—plan first, do second. Not spontaneous. Earlier this year in March I was bored. It was an extremely cold day in Iowa. A friend FaceTimed me randomly and said “I’m in Florida. Come.” I jokingly told her “I’m not doing that… but if the flights are cheap I’ll come.” My friend starts looking up flights right then and there and finds some. I call my mom, hoping she’d give me reasons not to go. She said, “Go.”

I bought the ticket and left the next day. Spent 4 days in Florida―the best time I ever had. Flew back on her dad’s small plane. Best time ever. Now I’m more spontaneous.

What are you hoping to gain from this internship?

I don’t even know if I can answer that question… maybe just a further understanding of what has been done and what should be done with prevention in Iowa and how that understanding can be used in broader terms.