University of Wisconsin—Madison Undergraduate Cerficate in Global Health hp://ghi.wisc.edu/educaon/undergraduate-cerficate/ | [email protected]What are 3 important skills for your current posion? Being bilingual and having mul-cultural experience/sensivity - My posion is meant to work with Spanish-speaking families, and in order to do this well, it is imperave that I speak the language and understand enough about Lan American culture. I gained this from my global health experience and my Peace Corps work in Nicaragua. Empathy - In order to support and work with families I need to try to understand their view. I may not agree with everything they say or do, but I am ulmately there to support them and provide a posive, genuine, supporng relaonship for them. Living and working in a small rural community in Nicaragua gave me a lot of me and opportunies to listen to people's stories and learn to empathize on a deeper level than ever before. Flexibility - Every hour of every day provides surprises and variety at my job. As I work directly with 12 families that means juggling many people's schedules and working around unexpected events. Also, in working for a growing non-profit and a community seng there are lots of growing pains. We are all learning together how to make things funcon more smoothly and adapt to the communies we work in. Where do you work? Aſter compleng my Global Health field experience in Nepal, I knew I wanted to live and work abroad. I applied for the Peace Corps and served as a Health Volunteer in Nicaragua. During my two years of service, I learned a lot about reproducve health and Maternal and Infant Health. I also found that I enjoyed working in a community seng. This led me to a posion as a Bilingual Family Support Specialist in the Early Childhood Iniave. 1 2 3 UW Cerficate in Global Health Alumni in Acon: ALLISON RODRIGUEZ MAJOR: Biology CURRENT LOCATION: Madison, WI
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