Laura Braff has lived and worked all over the world, thanks in part to her degree in international public health from the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies. Both before and after her graduation in 2014, Braff’s work in public health and international aid has taken her from South Sudan to the Philippines, then to Ukraine, Ethiopia and Yemen and, finally, back to Ukraine, working on the ground with the World Health Organization to provide public health services amidst the country’s ongoing war with Russia. Currently, as a health service delivery specialist for the WHO, Braff works right in the middle of the action along the Ukraine-Russia front lines. “We work with the health facilities to make sure that they're still able to function and provide care to people, despite the fact that because of the war, a lot of the facilities have been bombed,” Braff says. “A lot of doctors have left.” She says she’s seen firsthand how the war has affecte