Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Awards
Fellowship
Timeline

Heather Wolford

Longmont,CO

Summary

Covered multiple issues through my success as a journalist, social media manager, and public health project assistant.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Service Associate

Archway Station Inc.
05.2019 - 11.2020
  • Developed therapeutic rehabilitation plans for adolescents with behavioral issues
  • Served as a liaison between youth, probation officers, school officials, and school counselors to mediate and set goals for behavioral and academic improvement
  • Responsible for timely communication with youth and families, and meticulous grant reporting

Research Program Assistant

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10.2018 - 05.2019
  • Conducted surveys on active IV drug users as a way to find the social and geographical context of opioid injection in Western Maryland as it relates to risk of HIV, Hepatitis C
  • This data was used to plan better prevention and treatment programs for the region

Journalist

Cumberland Times News
10.2015 - 09.2018
  • County reporter who covered local government with a focus on the community opioid epidemic and healthcare issues
  • Notable stories included: profiling those in recovery from opioid use disorders, local police and EMS response to the crisis, NAS syndrome in newborns, foster care as related to the opioid epidemic, county HIV spike and the Western Maryland Health System's recent closing of the hospital's pediatric unit

Marketing Manager

Palm Beach County Homeless Coalition
11.2013 - 05.2015
  • Developed, planned and organized all marketing and publicity efforts for the Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach
  • Designed materials for events, managed and increased following on all social media accounts, wrote and distributed press releases, and led production of the quarterly newsletter
  • Participated in annual Point in Time (PIT) count

Education

B.S. - Broadcast Journalism, Sociology

University of Colorado at Boulder
05.2012

Awards

  • 2nd place for feature/profile, MDDC Press Association Editorial Contest, 05/01/16, Award winning story 'Life Lessons,' profiled a recovering heroin user. Contest represents work from member publications in Maryland, Delaware and D.C. in Division B: Dailies from 20,000 to 75,000 circulation.
  • Official Government Citation, Allegany County Government, 09/01/18, I was awarded an Official Government Citation at my last Allegany County Commission meeting as recognition of my work as county reporter.

Fellowship

Mid-Atlantic Regional Health Journalism Fellowship, The Association of Health Care Journalists, 07/01/17, 06/01/18, Graduated June 2018, during a rural health conference in Durham at North Carolina's Research Triangle., My 'Tip Sheet' on leveraging social media to cover opioid use disorder in 'small town' America was featured in the event program., 2-Day stay in Baltimore, Maryland focussing on social determinants and disparities in health care., Briefing with former Commissioner of Health for the City of Baltimore, Dr. Leana Wen., Visit to Druid STD clinic where staff who provide HIV testing/STD services discussed PrEP.

Timeline

Human Service Associate - Archway Station Inc.
05.2019 - 11.2020
Research Program Assistant - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10.2018 - 05.2019
Journalist - Cumberland Times News
10.2015 - 09.2018
Marketing Manager - Palm Beach County Homeless Coalition
11.2013 - 05.2015
University of Colorado at Boulder - B.S., Broadcast Journalism, Sociology

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