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Portrait of Richard Sierra

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

  • CUNY School of Public Health

    Public Health/Health Education

    2006 – 2012

Honors and awards

  • 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

  • Coordinator

    NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

    Apr 1995 – Dec 2016

Volunteering

  • Grant Manager/Asst. Executive

    Davidson Community Center, Inc.

    Dec 2006 – Dec 2016

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Fluent

Additional information