Laura Castro is a coordinator at UF Health Communications. She develops and rolls out diverse communications plans for a variety of clients throughout the organization, and creates a broad array of multimedia material to advance strategic corporate goals. She also supports UF Health with issues management and crisis communication, and serves on the media on-call team and the emergency response team. Prior to her position at UF Health, Laura developed communications and marketing material for the Gainesville Fisher House Foundation. Her responsibilities at the organization included planning fundraising events, implementing charitable-giving programs and managing media relations. She also worked closely with the executive director to develop new community outreach initiatives. While completing her degree at UF, Laura interned at a wide range of organizations, including a nonprofit law firm, medical pregnancy center and music company. Laura graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a B.S. in public relations and a concentration in business administration.

Courtney Grigsby is a senior at The University of Florida studying public relations. Her concentration is business administration and she is interning with the Strategic Communications team for a second semester here at UF Health. She was a public relations intern for local Gainesville radio stations 103.7 the Gator and ESPN 850 AM. Courtney also spent two summers working as a camp counselor at YMCA of the Suncoast in the Tampa area for the adventure camps. She has been involved with pre-professional society for students interested in public relations and communications called PRSSA and was a contributing writer for The Independent Florida Alligator. In addition, she volunteered for UF’s Project MASCOT, an initiative dedicated to helping at-risk students in local elementary schools. Recently, Courtney traveled with UF’s College of Journalism and Communications to study abroad in Spain and France in May 2016.