General Information

Name

Anastasia

Last Name

Frank

Nickname

afrank

Background

Organization

I am a kinesiology student at Penn State University

Bio and Background

 

My name is Anastasia Frank and I am a current student at the Pennsylvania State University majoring in kinesiology. My freshman year, I was on the varsity women’s Penn State gymnastics team but  have since then retired and am focusing on my future career in medicine. I am using the knowledge I have from my years in athletics, anatomy courses, and passion for a healthy living style to motivate young boys and girls to understand what their bodies are capable of and how to keep themselves healthy and active. I hope to educate them both academically and athletically. Both of these things can help them succeed in life as they will have a better understanding of how to prolong their healthy habits. Here at force for health I am able to express my passions as well as learn more that will help me succeed in my future in medicine.

My inspiration

Both of my parents inspire me, as they are both physical therapists and help so many people get back to living a better life. I want to be able to do that for people someday. Seeing how much patients appreciate my parents encourages me to further my education so I can someday help others too.

Location

State College, Pennsylvania

My Citizenship Health Factors

Some of the factors that have been challenging for me have been...

Some challenges for me have been knowing how to fuel my body correctly.

It's important for me to be part of my community's health because...

I believe that I will be able to help my community increase activity and education about health.

Some of the strength of my community health factors are:

Some strengths would be that I have learned a lot from being an athlete.

Some of the challenges in my community regarding certain health factors are:

Some challenges in my community would be a lack of activities when it comes to being active. People may want to get active, but there are only so many things to do. I believe Force for Health can help give ideas to stay active.

I believe I can help improve my community's health by...

I believe I can improve my communities health by sharing my experiences and using that to help others stay active.

Advancing the DREAM

Advancing the DREAM - What it means to me

I believe that everyone should have access to education about their health and awareness of opportunities available to them.

My Action Pledge to Advance the DREAM?

I will focus on keeping individuals active and finding fun activities that they enjoy engaging in.