171: Public Health Education Specialist, Empowering Health Equity with Araba Assan, MPH, CHES

Interview with Araba Assan, MPH, CHES

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Highlights from this episode:

1. Developing and honing her skills as a health educator and what the Certified Health Education Specialist has done for her
2. How she got connected into Black maternal and child health health work and evaluation
3. Sharing how she overcame struggling to get a job 6 months after graduating with her Master of Public Health
4. Highlighting the importance of the political landscape shaping public health

Episode 171 of Public Health Careers

Araba Assan, MPH, CHES, is a Program Coordinator at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. She is a passionate public health researcher, evaluator, educator, health equity advocate and consultant with five years of experience working in higher education and non-profit organizations.

She conferred a Bachelor of Public Health with concentration in community health, and a Biology minor at Montclair State University. During her time here she was an Undergrad Research Assistant at Biology at Montclair State University and a Health Program Specialist at Burlington County Health Department.

Araba then conferred a Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education at Montclair State University. She had several positions during her MPH. She was a Prevention Specialist at Project COPE at Montclair State University, a Volunteer EMT at Montclair State EMS, a Mental Health ambassador volunteer + CAPS Project Coordinator, and a Birth Equity Advocate at March of Dimes.

She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. After graduating, Araba became a Research Assistant, Research & Evaluation (R&E) Group at Public Health Management Corporation before becoming a Research Coordinator, Research and Evaluation Group at Public Health Management Corporation.

Araba currently works as a Program Coordinator at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.