Public Health and Community Outreach Specialist Peace Corps
Worked in the Ecuadorian Amazon on public health, research, community outreach, and health education in collaboration with healthcare providers, government agencies, Indigenous organizations, and humanitarian groups.
- Conducted health education, household outreach, rural clinics, vaccination campaigns, and disease-prevention initiatives.
- Supported field research involving infectious-disease screening, treatment, and patient follow-up.
- Provided patient registration and vital-sign assessment in a local hospital.
- Developed and delivered training on first aid, nutrition, chronic disease prevention, maternal health, and emergency care.
- Trained Peace Corps personnel and collaborated with physicians to provide emergency-care education.
- Supported childhood nutrition initiatives, including home nutrient gardens and cooking education.
- Presented work on ancestral medicine preservation and promotion at conferences in Ecuador.
- Built effective working relationships across healthcare, government, humanitarian, and Indigenous organizations in a multilingual, multicultural environment.
