Waimon Tellier

"The projects and experience I am gaining from my host site have helped me to apply the knowledge and skills from a classroom to real-world setting. I also really enjoy the community service aspect of the program. I like the different volunteer opportunities we are involved in and learning about various community service agencies and organizations."

Waimon is an Americorps member at the McLean County Health Department.  In her role, she assists with many projects including the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment; community bioterrorism and public health emergency preparedness activities; the 2018 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) for the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) program; vaccination campaigns; communicable disease investigations and surveillance activities; and the on-site PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) Clinic.

Waimon is serving her 2nd term with IPHA AmeriCorps and will complete her service in August 2019.