Melyn McKay Heckelman was recently accepted for her Ph.D program with the prestigious Hughes Hall at Cambridge University in England. Her doctoral work will be in medical anthropology.
She is the daughter of Bruce and Lori Heckelman, who currently reside in Mill Spring.
A magna cum laude honors graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 2008 in both anthropology and government, Heckelman is currently a fellow with Global Health Corps and acting as business development director for a woman’s health clinic in Burundi, Africa. She has been developing a cooperative for women in multiple villages throughout the country. She has also been hired by two global consulting firms and works on assignment out of Geneva, Switzerland and London, England, as well as Africa.
– article submitted by Bruce Heckelman