43: Before WMC Health begins; Chat with Founder of WMC Health with Giana Vasconcellos, MPH, CCE, CD

Interview with Giana Vasconcellos, MPH, CCE, CD

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Highlights from this episode:

1. Importance of Maternal & Child Health work
2. Co-founding WMC Public Health Consulting
3. Becoming Certified in Holistic Coaching

Episode 43 of Public Health Careers

Giana Vasconcellos, MPH, CCE, CD is the Founder of WMC Health and a public health professional with a strong background in higher education in the healthcare field.

Giana began her collegiate career by going to Pasadena City College. She then transitioned to La Sierra University. Here, Giana started off as a pre-nutrition major and switched majors several times from social work to biology, to nutrition and finally in health science. Thus Giana graduated from La Sierra University with a Bachelors of Science in Health Science.

After graduating and unable to find a job related to her field of study, Giana worked in retail for a few years before she was able to get a job that aligned with her schooling. She become a Admissions Representative/Administrative Support at North-West College.

She then went on to get her Master of Public Health from Grand Canyon University. During her MPH, she was an Admissions Coordinator and Advisor for West Coast University. After this she transitioned into an Academic Placement Advisor for Connections Educations.

Giana got certified in Holistic Nutrition Coaching, Functional Medicine at the Institute for Integrative Medicine.

Giana then speaks about how she visualized and formulated the plan for WMC Public Health Consulting. When I initially spoke to the other Co-Founder Liz Simpler on Episode 24, WMC Public Health Consulting was only a non-profit. Now they have decided to pivot to offer a non-profit as well as a for-profit arm of WMC Public Health Consulting. They recently launched their podcast Working Mama Collective where they have real conversations about wellness and manifestation of health for working moms. Also be on on the lookout for the switch to WMC Health.

Giana along with running her business, WMC Public Health Consulting, is also a Business Development Representative at West Coast University.