Hear From IMPROVment® Students

At IMPROVment®, our team is made up of many volunteers. We value their time and expertise so much. Often, Wake Forest students or recent graduates take on incredible leadership roles and we want to introduce them to you. Meet some of our incredible student-leaders below!

Amanda Black is a senior at Wake Forest University where she majors in biology and minors in dance. She has always been interested in dance outreach and began assisting with the IMPROVment® community classes during her junior year and later became involved in their research. Amanda joined the team in 2020 and has loved being a part of such an incredible initiative.

Kamryn King recently graduated from Wake Forest University with a major in Health and Exercise Science and minor in Dance. She joined the IMPROVment® team in 2016 and has supported the team in every role: student assistant, research assistant, interventionist, and teacher. With support from her IMPROVment® mentors, she is now pursuing a Masters in Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill and will soon be a Clinical Studies Coordinator I for the Orthopaedic research team at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center under the spine specialty section.

 
Christina McGee is a senior at Wake Forest University majoring in psychology and double-minoring in chemistry and dance. Having taken many science and dance classes, Christina was very excited to participate in this important interchange of science, medicine and dance. Christina is a member of the Wake Forest’s Dance Company and is involved in teaching Dancing Together, a dance class for those with special needs.Abby Vogeley is a senior at Wake Forest University majoring in biology and triple-minoring in neuroscience, psychology, and writing. She recently joined the team in 2020 to assist in transitioning the IMPROVment® classes to a virtual platform. Abby is also involved in neuroscience research through the iMOVE study, which aims to analyze the neurological benefits of the IMPROVment®  method.