Leadership

Deborah Drake Vassar, I work for Center for Multicultural Health as a CHW. I have been working in Social Services for about 15 years with an emphasis on Healthcare and Advocacy for Low Income and People of Color. I graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Accounting and Business Administration. I enjoy my job and I take great pride on serving the clients I served. I have the great privilege to work with DOH and currently work on three Leadership committees developing Leadership skills for myself and participating in creating new training opportunities for CHWs in education, job development and career recognition. In my spare time, the fun things I like to do is playing card games with my grandchildren and BEATING THEM!! I love to cook and create new dishes with my family. I love life with my family and friends.

Deeqo Ibrahim is passionate about health and wellness issues, such as childhood obesity, hypertension, healthcare disparities, infectious disease epidemics, the environment and health, and workplace safety, just to name a few. She is a great advocate for people with no voice. She wants to bring social change in her community and help improve the quality of life for others. Deeqo has over 10 years serving the community and working in various health settings. Currently Deeqo is a Community Health Worker with Global to Local where she works directly with patients and their families to address social determinants of health including transportation, housing, health insurance, food security and access to community resources and social services.

Ms. Eudora Lowery Carter, Project Coordinator, at Center for Multicultural Health; As the project coordinator for CMCH, Eudora currently conducts community outreach, recruitment, cancer prevention education on early detection and patient navigation in communities of color. Coordinating medically underserved African American women and women of African descent, by referral, to a medical clinic for health care, annual examinations, mammography screenings and diagnostic follow-up services. She has supported patient health advocacy, community outreach and education to medically underserved communities for national, state and local health and wellness programs working with diverse communities within a challenging healthcare system for over twenty-five years.

Janelle Okorogu received her B.S. from Oakwood University in Alabama and her M.S. degree in Microbiology from Alabama A&M University. She furthered her studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she received her MPH in Epidemiology. Janelle is currently the program director at the Center for Multicultural Health where she builds community capacity and helps implement culturally appropriate strategies aimed at reducing health disparities in Black / African American communities. Janelle is the co-creator of the Fight the Power of Tobacco a Cessation Toolkit and the Soul Food Resource Guide. Both have been adopted by local community based and faith-based organizations that are making policy systems and environmental changes within their organizations.

CHW CARE Cohort