Our Health Promotion team is part of the staff at Emmons Wellness Center. We look forward to meeting you!
Health Promotion Specialist
She/Her/Hers
Laura has been a social worker and advocate since 2014. She received her Master’s in Social Work from Hunter College in New York City in 2018 and her BA from UC Berkeley in 2010. She has worked in many different settings including reproductive health, alternatives to detention...
Peer Health Educator
She/Her/Hers
Class of 2025
What does well-being mean to you?
Well-being means self care, well-being means happiness, well-being means health
What drew you to becoming a Peer Health Educator?
I care about the well-being of my peers; everyone should have access to resources to...
Peer Health Educator
She/They
What does well-being mean to you?
To me, well-being means the feeling of connection to your mind and body’s wants and needs. This means different things for different people, and I believe a framework of community support helps in creating a definition of well-being that leaves a lot of...
Peer Health Educator
She/Her
Class of 2026
1. What does well-being mean to you?
Well-being for me is having a balanced routine that fulfills me mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
2. What drew you to becoming a Peer Health Educator?
I am passionate about health equity and part of...
Peer Health Educator
She/Her/Hers
Class of 2024
What does well-being mean to you?
Well-being to me encompasses physical health, mental wellness, and social connections where they work with one another to maintain a balanced life.
What drew you to becoming a Peer Health Educator?
I chose to...
Peer Health Educator
She/Her/Hers
Class of 2024
What does well-being mean to you?
Well-being to me is connectivity: building the capacity to tune in to the many sides of yourself, and the ways in which your body/the many sides of yourself exist perpetually in relation to a moving world of other bodies and...