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Meet the 2024-2025 Together Toward Equity Fellows

2024-2025 Together Toward Equity Fellows

A strong public health infrastructure that recognizes community organizations as trusted, equal partners is essential to impact the root causes of long-term, systemic inequities.

PHI’s Together Toward Equity Fellowship strengthens community leadership and organizational impact through a dynamic Fellowship experience that invests in an effective, sustainable and equity-focused public health infrastructure for the future.

The Fellowship forges a pathway for Fellows to grow within and with community organizations through coaching, capacity building activities, access to subject matter experts, project-based leadership, and peer networking. To provide additional support and benefits to organizations, the Fellowship includes peer-engagement, skills-building, and organizational support for each organization represented in the Fellowship. This includes, but is not limited to, access to virtual trainings and online self-guided learning. Learn more about the Together Toward Equity Fellowship.

Meet the 2024-2025 Together Toward Equity Fellows

Together Toward Equity Leadership Fellows engage in virtual and in-person learning and growth opportunities. They dedicate time each month to grow in their power and leadership potential. Leadership Fellows will also work to advance a self-identified project that not only creates opportunities to apply learnings, demonstrates growth and directly impacts their organization, but most importantly, provides a benefit to their community of focus.

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Together Toward Health Equity Fellows headshots

  • Joana Alfaro, Valley Onward, Merced County
  • Olivia Arnold, Yolo County Children’s Alliance (YCCA), Yolo County
  • Nelya Hryb, Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (FCCP), Sacramento County
  • Taylor Intermill, Youth & Family Collective at PRO Youth & Families, Sacramento County
  • Melinda Johnson, Prison In-Reach Programming with Starting Over, Inc., Riverside County
  • Julio Lopez, Youth Leadership Institute, Fresno County
  • Vanessa Nutters, Roots Community Health, Alameda County
  • Ilhan Omar, Somali Family Service of San Diego, San Diego County
  • Carolina Quintero, The Unity Council, Alameda County
  • Kevin Sunga, Little Manila Rising, San Joaquin County
  • Greg Thompson, Voices of Recovery San Mateo County, San Mateo County
  • Tiffany Turner, Center for Oral Health, Los Angeles County
  • Ivette Chaidez Villarreal, Valley Voices, Kings County
  • Sawan Vaden, Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH), Sacramento County

Originally published by Together Toward Equity Fellowship

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