Like many Brunonians who come back to College Hill for Reunion, Nisha Bansal ’99 couldn’t wait to return to her old stomping grounds.
During her 25th Reunion celebration in 2024, she visited familiar haunts on College Hill, caught up with classmates, and even stepped back into college life, staying in her first-year dorm Wayland House. For Bansal, this wasn’t just about reliving the past: It was a reminder of what made her time at Brown transformative.
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When the weekend came to end, she was determined to build on those renewed connections to Brown and the alumni community.
“I found myself reconnecting with friends from my class and realized that I wanted to find other ways to expand my Brown network,” Bansal said.
While serving as a mentor, an alumni interviewer, and a board member of her local alumni club in Seattle, Bansal discovered flexible volunteer opportunities that allowed her to engage with the community even with an already active schedule as a physician, professor, and a mother of two.
“I will never feel like there’s enough time, but even showing up for one event can be worthwhile,” said Bansal. “I’ve gotten far more out of volunteering than I ever expected. It’s been incredibly energizing to deepen my connection to Brown, even all these years later.”
We spoke with Bansal to learn more about how she incorporates volunteering into her life and what pushes her to show up for Brown.
