Thank you for your consideration. I would be honored to serve you as a member of Belmont’s Board of Health. Let’s invest in prevention together!
Please don’t forget to vote in our Town election on April 5th, 2022.
I appreciate your support!
My priorities for Belmont are: improving air quality such as addressing criteria air pollutant sources (including health effects, reducing carcinogens, asmathogens and indoor air pollution as these impact residents from young children to our elders), addressing waste, such as using regenerative ecosystem solutions to address the combined stormwater and sewage overflows that have impacted our environment in Belmont for nearly 50 years unaddressed, and mitigating noise such as from outdoor tools and construction that can be improved through best practices.
For more on my public health philosophy and position on health-protective policies, see the recent League of Women Voters Candidates Night BOH debate.
I’m a graduate researcher and environmental health professional with over a decade of experience who is passionate about sharing knowledge and best practices to help public health and environmental health leaders achieve best practices and sustainability. I lead and support projects that improve systems, the environment, and the built environment in communities from initial contact and outreach linking climate, public health, quality of life, and prevention. With direct responsibility for day-to-day tracking, research, and assessment of toxics, hazard communication, my work prevents impacts to health and environmentally-linked harms. I’ve lead and taught on community based assistance, prevention, implementation of best practices, and integrative no or low-cost solutions to improving public health, safety, and quality of life. I’d love to work with you to make our town healthier, safer, and more sustainable and would be honored to serve you as a member of Belmont’s Board of Health.
Why I am running for Belmont’s BOH
With BOH leaders, I will assure that health-protective programs and activities are available and support our health department. I'm committed to improving the quality of life in Belmont after most of my life in Cambridge. I've spent the last 3+ years connecting with fellow Belmontonians on health and sustainability issues. I bring over a decade of professional environmental health and teaching assistance experience. I provide experience creating, supporting, and maintaining programmatic partnerships, non-profit direction, and service at EPA Region 1. My career work in public health research and outreach, BA/BS, MPH in Urban Public Health (exp. 2022) at Brandeis and Northeastern Universities respectively, and background in federal health (toxics), and community partnerships informs my public health focus.
Through my environmental health specialty working with over 70 New England municipalities, I’ve been fortunate to see how health regulations work best when implemented and created with people to meet their needs. With your support, let’s invest in prevention for our community and put people’s health first.
Areas of Expertise
Community Assistance to Municipalities
Regenerative Resource Management
Best Practice Implementation & Sustainability
Prevention
Recent Projects
Volunteer member serving as technical expert - Healthy Lawns, Sustainable Belmont initiative to electrify lawn and garden equipment in Belmont through preventing emissions, health harms, and reducing costs.
Tracking chemical mixtures and other emerging contaminants (current academic research)
Supporting private wells testing and drinking water quality (previous work at Silent Spring Institute)
Research and scientific support for the PFAS Project Lab, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, Northeastern University and PFAS-REACH study, Silent Spring Institute (recent academic work)
Public Health Philosophy