Oregon State University
College of Health and Human Sciences
4001 Potter Street, Apartment 63
Eugene,
OR
USA
97405
Email:
leontinerae@yahoo.com
Biographical Sketch:
September 2009 - Present -- Family Planning Assistant, Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
June 2009-August 2009 -- Public Health Summer Fellow, Center for Disease Control/Morehouse School of Medicine/National Indian Health Board, Atlanta, Georgia.
June 2008-August 2008 -- Utah Navajo Health Systems Intern, Division of Public Health, Monument Valley, Utah.
Currently working for Planned Parenthood educating women about the importance of their health and the importance of using a birth control method.
As a public health summer fellow, worked with the Native Diabetes Wellness Program in correlating the Translation schematic and the importance of local indigenous knowledge to the schematic.
As an intern withe Utah Navajo health systems, worked at the Monument Valley clinic making brochures for various departments concerning public matters, worked with the diabetes nurse in educating the community about the importance of exercising and helping those with diabetes to maintain optimum health.