Honor Society® member
Richard Sierra
Coordinator at NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
- CUNY Graduate School And University Center
- Community-based Public Health and Health Equity
- Class of 2012
- Bronx, NY
Member since March 2016
About
Twenty-one years of Public Health Services
Six years of Office Administration, System Data Operation and Production
Thirty years of Nonprofit program planning, evaluation, development, implementation, supervisory, coordination, community engagement and education.
Thirty years engaging youth in leadership development & advisory board capacity
Six years of Nonprofit grant writing, managing & supervising staff & volunteers, working with Executive Board members and coalition members, planning fundraising campaigns, and public relations work
Forty years of volunteered experience, community engagement with adolescents in NYC Bronx region, youth group formation in FBOs, individual & group counseling, leadership development, training, workshops, and facilitation via weekend and day retreats.
Education
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CUNY School of Public Health
Public Health/Health Education
2006 – 2012
Honors and awards
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Dedication to Public Health Services
Awarded to a student who exemplifies dedication to public health community participatory services
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Career in Public Health - Government - Bronx Neighborhood Health Action Center Coordinator
Career in Urban Planning and Economic Development - DCC's Burnside Avenue Commercial District & BID formation- Graduate school interests
Community-based Public Health, Health Equity, Epidemiology, Program Planning & Implementation, and Community Health Education
- Outside the classroom
Journal writing, grant writing, reading, Cycling, Tennis, racquetball, paddleball, listening to all kinds of music, cultural dances, performing arts, choir, youth leadership, botany, camping, swimming, gym, youth and young adult ministry
Experience
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Coordinator
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Apr 1995 – Dec 2016
Volunteering
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Grant Manager/Asst. Executive
Davidson Community Center, Inc.
Dec 2006 – Dec 2016
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Spanish Fluent
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