High schoolers completing the Chicago AHEC Youth Community Health Worker Pathway Program marked their graduation from the program this week. Continue reading →

Are you a rising high school junior or senior in the south suburbs or West Side of Chicago – specifically the Austin, Garfield Park, or Lawndale neighborhoods? Continue reading →

The COVID-19 pandemic brought community Health Workers (CHWs) to the spotlight, but employers face difficult decisions as the public health emergency ends. Continue reading →

Growing up, Ronisha Edwards-Elliott, MSW, LSW, wanted to be a medical doctor. “I chose a health profession because of my personal experience as a patient,” she says, “and the desire to treat patients who looked like me. As a child I did not see many people of color as doctors or other health professionals.” Continue reading →

Mia Bonds started this month as the AHEC coordinator for the Chicago AHEC region. Continue reading →