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Peer Advocate Program

Overview

The Peer Advocates program was created to provide students with non-threatening peer listeners who are available at any time of day or night, to confidentially discuss strategies, reality-test, brainstorm solutions when encountered with challenging personal, academic, or professional situations and point students in the direction of appropriate resources.

Meet Your Peer Advocates

We are PA students chosen for qualities such as approachability, trustworthiness, maturity, thoughtfulness, and discernment. These attributes enable us to serve as attentive listeners and trusted confidants. Our role is to support our fellow students throughout PA school.

Peer Advocates (by chronological year)

  • Class of 2025

    Hello! Bonjour! Namaste! My name is Bri Yeskey, and I am a Physician Associate (PA) student originally from Detroit. I went to college at the University of Michigan where I studied anthropology, French, and Hindi. After graduating, I taught English in India as a Fulbright Fellow. Within YSM, I conduct research on the intersection of eating disorders and LGBTQ+ youth. In my free time, you can find me at the gym training for my next powerlifting meet, or in the gardens tending to my dahlias. I also love roller skating, running, walking in nature (I guess some people call it 'hiking'), skiing, solo traveling, thrifting/estate sales, and my cats--Gogo and Junie. You are absolutely welcome to call or text me at any time of the day, sunup or sundown. I’m here for you.

  • Class of 2025

    I’m Dalton Neu, a PA-S2 with a MA in Religion from YDS and interests in Emergency and Addiction Medicine, Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Queer Health, and medical education and policy. My hobbies include rowing, running, cooking for friends, horror stories, Sci-Fi/fantasy TV, and yapping about politics like I’m a corporate media strategist. Raised in Minnesota, I’ve lived in the New Haven area since 2015 so always happy to provide food recs and other local opinions. Additionally comfortable discussing spirituality, first-gen graduate school, or navigating queer, married, or polyamorous life as a student. Finally, while I’m a committed cat person I do recognize dogs have their qualities. Feel free to reach out!