Coupeville Sports

Marin Winger flashes some new credentials. (Photos courtesy Julie Dougherty)

She’s building for her bright future today.

Marin Winger, who will be a junior at Coupeville High School this fall, plans to work in the medical profession after school, and she’s getting ready by taking advantage of every teaching opportunity she can find.

The Wolf cheerleader, who was sworn in as a student rep for the school board Thursday, attended a suturing boot camp in July at the top-level Stanford University Medical School.

Making the journey to Palo Alto after being one of 40 students from around the world to be accepted, Winger found a program which offers high school, undergraduate, and pre-professional students “hands-on training in surgical techniques, precision-focused instrument handling, and specialized tissue-repair scenarios.”

Under the tutelage of Stanford faculty, she and her fellow classmates learned “advanced simulation scenarios and specialized suture patterns.”

The program is valuable for those on a medical trajectory, as it offers students realistic, supervised practice while allowing them an opportunity to explore the mindset of precision and patient-centered care.

Winger came away visibly impressed after her visit.

“I really enjoyed the progress to more advanced suturing patterns, specialized closures, and increasingly complex simulated scenarios,” she said. “Plus, the faculty and campus were amazing!”

This is the second summer Winger has jetted off to spend part of her vacation exploring the medical world, as she completed a Sports Medicine program at Wake Forest University when she was a freshman.

She has also put in time wrapping the ankles of her fellow Wolf athletes and participating in EMT training exercises at WhidbeyHealth.

Winger hangs out in a ritzy neighborhood.