156: Affecting Change For Migrant Populations with Kim M. Nolte, MPH, MCHES

Interview with Kim M. Nolte, MPH, MCHES

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Highlights from this episode:

1. Some transformational perspective changes from studying abroad, to working with the Peace Corps, to affecting systems change.
2. The importance of collaboration and working with the right partners in order to affect systems change
3. Showing how public health is political and yet we still have to push on to make changes

Episode 156 of Public Health Careers

Kim M Nolte, MPH, MCHES is the CEO at Migrant Clinicians Network. She is someone with extensive experiences in public health having worked at the global, national, state, and community levels focusing on changing systems.

She got her Bachelors in Hispanic Language and Literature at Boston University. She then joined the PeaceCorps and served as a Health Educator in Guatemala which was a transformational experience as she shares in the podcast.

Kim then went on to get her Master of Public Health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. After graduating, she worked in a Nutritionist and Intake role the Housing and Clinics with WIC clients, as well as working on HIV projects, worked at Planned Parenthood, and a College Health Educator.

She then worked as the Associate Director, Latin America & Caribbean Office Jhpiego leading work in Jamaica and Peru. She then shifted to a Program Manager at CDC.

Kim then moved to be Vice President Program and Training at Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential. She was then promoted the President & CEO. During her time here, she moved work forward around teen pregnancy.

She then moved to a Senior Director of Development for the Global Health Institute of Emory University. Then moved became the President at Strategic Boost Consulting.

Kim currently works as the Chief Executive Officer at Migrant Clinicians Network where they create practical solutions at the intersection of vulnerability, migration, and health.