HUB Community Health Workers

Meet Gwendolyn Msolomba, HUB CHW Supervisor

Check out this month's HUB Network Spotlight with Gwendolyn Msolomba, Community Health Worker Supervisor at Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Tell us about yourself. I am a supervisor at AUCP and have been there for 5 years. I also teach West African dance at the Bottleworks for kids (7 years) and at St. Francis as a [...]

2021-04-15T14:31:14+00:00April 15th, 2021|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

HUB Community Health Worker to speak on National APHA Panel April 6th

As part of the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge (HCCC) through the American Public Health Association (APHA), National Association of Counties and the Aetna Foundation, HUB Community Health Worker Flor Hernandez (employed by Beginnings, Inc.) and 1889 JCPH Project Manager Leanna Bird will have the opportunity to participate on a national panel entitled "Building Bridges [...]

2021-03-24T09:37:11+00:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: HUB Community Health Workers, News, Population Health|

Flor Hernandez, CHW: Advocating for the People

Check out this month’s Community Health Worker (CHW) spotlight with Flor Hernandez, employed by HUB care coordination agency, Beginnings, Inc. Tell us about yourself. I was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the diverse melting pot of Alexandria, Virginia. I witnessed and experienced poverty. I was a child translator for my community at [...]

2021-03-16T15:24:51+00:00March 16th, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

“Be who you needed:” Cait Farber, CHW

Check out this month’s HUB Community Health Worker (CHW) spotlight with Cait Farber, employed by HUB care coordination agency, Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Tell us about yourself.  What drew you to the Community Health Worker position in the first place?  My name is Caitlyn, but I like Cait. I’m 27 years young, a lifelong Cambria [...]

2021-02-20T10:49:09+00:00February 20th, 2021|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

The Work Begins with You: Michele Moss, CHW

Check out this month’s CHW spotlight with Michele Moss, employed by HUB care coordination agency, Community Action Partnership of Cambria County.  "The first step to understanding [HUB participants] is acknowledging. There is no person the same as another. The world is full of challenges and realizing that every person has their own struggles is the [...]

2021-01-12T17:46:41+00:00January 12th, 2021|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

Bridging the Gap: Community Health Worker Stacy Snowball

Tell us about yourself. I have three daughters: Brittnie, Alexis, and Madison - each with their own unique personality. I have been a Nurse (LPN) since 1996, caring for and helping people - it's what I enjoy doing most. My grandmother, mother, and sister are also in the Nursing profession, so it's in the family [...]

2020-11-13T08:59:24+00:00November 13th, 2020|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

HUB Spotlight: Christy Berzonski, Community Health Worker

Every month, we'll be featuring an interview with a different HUB Community Health Worker (CHW). Check out this month's spotlight with Somerset County native Christy Berzonski, employed by HUB care coordination agency Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Tell us about yourself. I am a mother of three with a boy and two girls. I was a [...]

2020-10-13T09:28:45+00:00October 13th, 2020|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

Staff Member selected for National Association of CHWs Policy Committee

JOHNSTOWN – 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health (CPH), is honored to share that Leanna Bird, Project Manager, has been selected to be a member of the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Policy Committee as a community health worker (CHW) Ally. The new Policy Committee members were announced at the first annual meeting [...]

2020-09-02T08:28:00+00:00September 2nd, 2020|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|

HUB Community Health Worker training is underway

Community health worker (CHW) training for the Community Care HUB kicked off on July 20th and will run through August 31st, 2020. 1889 Foundation has provided funding to hire six CHWs who are employed by local care coordination agencies Beginnings, Inc.; Community Action Partnership; and Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy. Care coordination agency partners play an integral [...]

2020-07-20T11:14:45+00:00July 20th, 2020|Categories: HUB, HUB Community Health Workers, News|
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