Télyse is a junior Chancellor's Scholar at Vanderbilt University, double majoring in Medicine, Health, & Society and Sociology. Her primary passion is public policy, especially as it pertains to relieving disparities. With those interests in mind, Télyse has interned as a policy associate with the Navajo Nation Washington Office in D.C through the Reagan Foundation's Leadership and the American Presidency program. In the summer of 2017, she worked as a fellow of the MPact Medicine program at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, researching health disparities and tutoring underrepresented groups in a nurse assistant program.
At Vanderbilt, she is the Head Resident Adviser for an upperclassmen dorm, an executive board member of Vanderbilt Tour Guides, secretary of Vanderbilt American Indian Science and Engineering Society, a member of the Programming Board's Speakers Committee, an Alzheimer's Buddy, and a member of the Student Government's Vanderbilt Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Committee.
For fun, Télyse enjoys exploring new coffee shops, weight lifting, and listening to podcasts. She hopes to go on to a dual degree program in law and public health, with the goal of working in federal health policy.
