After working closely with families in their homes for over ten years as a speech pathologist in the NYC Metro area and abroad, Andrea Levy was inspired to pursue public health. While working, she encountered the many environmental, structural and systemic factors impacting their health, which prompted her to examine broader ways to improve the health of populations. After graduation from the NYU Global MPH program in 2010, her passions for community engagement and chronic disease prevention grew and she transitioned to her current role where she oversees a grant funded pilot nutrition education program in East Harlem schools. The pilot, known as ¡Buen Provecho! – Eat Well focuses on engaging parents at a free parent breakfast biweekly where they participate in a peer driven nutrition education discussion. In this episode she shares insights into her current projects, sustainability in community engagement and her advice to other MPH graduates.

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