Student Biography

Hi, I am Sydney Feldman. Two years ago, my best friend was diagnosed with cancer, and while researching her condition, I discovered a devastating disparity: minority populations have significantly lower chances of finding a bone marrow match. I partnered with Be The Match, which connects bone marrow donors with patients seeking transplants and tapped into the cancer discourse community, which includes doctors, hospitals, and organizations, and uncovered many other inequities in our healthcare system. 

These discoveries led me to apply to the History Capstone Project with a focus on inequities in American healthcare, thus leading to my project titled “Healthcare in Modern America: Told Through the Lens of Gender, Racial, and Admission-based Disparities.” My hope is that the resulting podcast episodes and website created for this Capstone project is just the start of a wealth of information covering inequities in healthcare.