Organizes and promotes the Nashua Walking Program, a joint effort of six organizations, which provides walking opportunities from April – November each year.

Serves on the Leadership Team of the Family Resource Center of Greater Nashua with the goal of decreasing child abuse and neglect.

Organized the Nashua Tobacco-Free Coalition which continues to work within the Nashua Prevention Coalition to heighten community awareness of the health risks of tobacco use and to increase opportunities for tobacco cessation.

Past Accomplishments
Increased access to medical interpretation services for individuals with limited English proficiency in the Nashua area.

Worked with local physician practices and community agencies on a collaborative effort to address childhood obesity.

Convened key agencies to identify current prescription assistance efforts and assisted in the expansion of services.

Researched transportation resources for healthcare appointments and published the Transportation Resource Directory.

Created and distributed the “Lost Your Health Insurance? Here’s what you can do” brochure in English and Spanish to all primary care practices in the Greater Nashua area.

Initiated the first citywide “Turn-Off-the-TV Week” for children and families in 2004 as part of our work on primary prevention of obesity.

Organized and promoted a community-wide wellness event, “March into May” which focuses on increasing physical activity, and engaged more than 1,200 adults and children in its first year. The 21st Century After-School Program continues as active participants.

Obtained baseline measures of cholesterol screenings from more than 15,000 patients in three targeted primary care practices