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Posted On March 5, 2020 10:45 pm
Senior Program Officer for Embedding Equity New York Academy of Medicine FOCUS Shaneah has leveraged her capacity to innovate systems change, internal and external, to public health organizations by relentlessly approaching her work with an equitable lens through co-creating novel community engagement frameworks; building robust partnerships with city agencies; transforming local resident capacity building approaches;… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:43 pm
Executive Director Tree Street Youth FOCUS Julia’s focus area is on youth development and education and the ways in which youth voice can lead change in communities. As the founder and director of Tree Street Youth in Lewiston, Maine, she has experienced firsthand the power that youth can play in developing programming, changing education systems,… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:41 pm
Executive Director ChangeMaker Foundation FOCUS Mariely’s vision for a Culture of Health focuses on generating changes in power structures to empower nonprofit entities through professional education with an emphasis on impacting women leaders. The purpose is to promote gender equity in strategic decision-making processes, facilitating professional education with special attention on data culture, information, and… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:37 pm
Vice President, Community Health Equity Rush University Medical Center FOCUS Darlene works on the west side of Chicago at a large academic medical center that has been in the same location for over 180 years. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods have life expectancies far below those of wealthier communities. Some are as low as 68… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:32 pm
Grants & Contracts Administrator Missoula County Community Justice Department FOCUS What brings the most joy to your life? For many of us, it’s our relationships with the people we love. Having healthy and supportive relationships improves our mental and physical health, resulting in better life outcomes and making for a happier, more successful community. Conversely,… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:30 pm
Associate Professor Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health FOCUS Josiemer focuses on translating research on diet, psychosocial factors, and health among Latin@s into tailored messages and programs for chronic disease prevention in this population. MORE ABOUT JOSIEMER Josiemer wants to elevate the evidence-based data that could help improve the health of our Latin@ communities… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:20 pm
Community Educator/Artist/Facilitator Youth Empowerment Project FOCUS Classrooms serving marginalized youth in Phoenix, Ariz., should center safety, healing, justice, critical thinking, and community wisdom. By design, in Phoenix and all over the U.S., classrooms serving predominantly Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, and Refugee youth are sites of hostility and criminalization. As levels of trauma experienced by young people… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:18 pm
Pediatric Services Medical Director Hidalgo Medical Services FOCUS Rural pediatrician Brian Etheridge is focused on improving pediatric health in southwest New Mexico, where he grew up. Dr. Etheridge sees firsthand what research tells us: Children living in rural areas often experience worse health outcomes. Rural children are more likely to live in poverty, experience food… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:17 pm
Chief of Educational Partnerships Program California Correctional Health Care Services FOCUS Dr. Jenny Espinoza-Marcus serves as chief of the Educational Partnerships Program for the state of California’s prison health care system, California Correctional Health Care Services. Her areas of focus are vulnerable populations, education, community engagement, and criminal justice health. She has advocated and provided… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:11 pm
Assistant Vice President Heartland Family Service FOCUS Omaha, Neb., is an incredibly ethnically diverse community, with over 115 languages spoken in the public school system. However, the city sees a highly disproportionate number of Latinx immigrant and African and Asian refugee groups living in poverty, and has some of the highest poverty rates for black… View Article