Randi Bloom is a Nursing and Pre-medicine student at Stony Brook University in New York. Currently in her freshman year, Randi’s career goal is to improve healthcare and make it available for all. Randi’s mother Robin works as a clinical dietitian with the Northport Veterans Administration’s Community Living Center (CLC). Thanks to her mother’s influence, Randi has enjoyed volunteering in the CLC’s Friendly Companion Program. “I feel it is important to obtain information from our elders so that we can learn from past mistakes and try to improve our world,” she says. Because of this volunteer experience, Randi wants to pursue a healthcare profession to improve the quality of life for the geriatric population. In her free time Randi loves running, hiking and being outdoors in nature.