Users in Baltimore

Juliana Simmons, MSPH, CHES, is thrilled to be serving as a Program Manager at MCN. Since joining MCN in 2014, Ms. Simmons has enjoyed coordinating various grant-funded programs focused on environmental health and worker health and safety. Most notably, she completed a NIOSH-funded research project exploring barriers to addressing occupational health in primary care. She currently plays a vital role on the Protecting Children When Parents Work project with the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, as well as on MCN’s Susan Harwood Training Grant, supported by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Ms. Simmons has had the opportunity to represent MCN at various national conferences and webinars to raise awareness about the importance of environmental and occupational health in the context of improving health outcomes for mobile populations.

Ms. Simmons first became interested in migrant health during her undergraduate career at Salisbury University, when she had the opportunity to serve as an intern with MCN. After graduation, she moved to Baltimore to pursue a Master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University, where she specialized in health communication and health education. During her time in graduate school, Ms. Simmons enjoyed working as a childhood safety educator and a domestic violence advocate, where she was able to hone her interests in injury and violence prevention. Ms. Simmons is a certified health education specialist and is also certified in public health.

Angel Shannon is an adult-gerontological nurse practitioner and ethnogeriatric research consultant. Her background includes twenty years of nursing practice during which she gained invaluable clinical experiences in critical care medicine, community health, and case management. She is passionate about working with vulnerable and medically-underserved populations. Her research interests include understanding the intersections and roles of language, literacy and culture in healthcare delivery. She lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.

Blaire Siefken is a community health nurse in Baltimore, MD. She currently works at a small wellness center that serves inner city elders and as a health educator, teaching cardiovascular health classes with the Latino community. Before pursuing a career in nursing, she coordinated a Promotores de Salud program with migrant farmworkers in Maine. In her spare time, she is a family nurse practitioner student at Johns Hopkins University.

MD Mexico, Universidad La Salle
MSc Epidemiology Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
PhD Candidate Epidemiology Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Areas of interest: Migrant health. Diabetes and Liver Diseases