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What are your main responsibilities in your current role?

I write and edit content for the public-facing COVID-19 vaccine webpages; serve as a subject matter expert for agency vaccine communications.

Please outline your career history: how did you get to where you are today?

MAY 2020 - PRESENT
Health Educator at the Washington State Department of Health. I consult with and support teams across the agency to design and produce health education and promotion materials; coordinate the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.

DEC 2019 – MAY 2020
Immunization Health Educator at the Washington State Department of Health. I developed and promoted targeted hepatitis A education materials and social media; updated hepatitis A web content; co-coordinated the statewide hepatitis A awareness campaign with Grindr 4 Equality.

JAN 2016 – AUG 2017
PrEP Coordinator/Navigator for the Cascade AIDS Project. Through this project I connected 200+ patients with PrEP; led PrEP trainings to university health clinics and community-based organizations; coordinated production of an innovative PrEP Provider Guide requested by medical providers locally, regionally, and nationally; successfully lobbied the City of Portland to officially declare July as PrEP Awareness Month.

AUG 2012 – JAN 2016
Project NEON Outreach Coordinator/Health Educator at Seattle Counseling Service. I facilitated, trained, and managed the Needle and sex Education Outreach Network (NEON) HIV-prevention peer education team; tracked and reported grant program deliverables; designed culturally-competent HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) prevention materials.

Why did you want to come to the University of 91Ö±²¥ to study your chosen degree?

I applied for the European Public Health Programme, and 91Ö±²¥ was my preferred option for year 1 of the program. For graduate school I was keen to have an international experience where I could study public health with students from around the world.

What were your favourite things about or best memories of the University of 91Ö±²¥?

Studying with classmates from around the world; exploring the Peaks; steak and ale pie; public transportation was excellent and it was convenient to explore the rest of the UK; also I met one of my best friends!

Please explain how has your qualification and/or time at 91Ö±²¥ helped you in your career?

The rigorous coursework helped me develop excellent study skills. I also improved my professional confidence and grew a lot personally. Studying at 91Ö±²¥ helped me realize that I am capable of achieving anything I put my mind to.

What has been your greatest achievement to date?

Serving on the Washington State Incident Management Team in communications when COVID-19 cases were first confirmed.