Rocío Posada-Castañeda
Education:
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Master of Public Health, Vanderbilt University (2023)
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond (2018)
Denver, CO
A Bit About Me
I’m passionate about helping social impact organizations scale their impact in a sustainable and equitable way. I believe that social impact organizations have the power to improve wellbeing and create positive outcomes for underserved communities in the US and around the world. My strengths lie in community engagement, social impact consulting, and qualitative research.
As a first-generation Latina woman from a low-income household, I am a bridge between communities, people, and cultures. As someone who has also worked on social impact projects in Latin America, I consider myself a global citizen with the responsibility to keep making the world a better place. My professional experiences, cultural background, and native Spanish skills have enabled me to collaborate with cross-functional teams across a wide range of disciplines. Through my experiences, I’ve learned to be an adaptable, resourceful, and creative problem-solver. I hope to continue growing as a Program Manager and become a future community leader that ensures everyone has fair and equitable opportunities to thrive.
Relevant Work Experience
June 2024 - Present
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
June 2023 - April 2024
HCA Healthcare Foundation
May 2022 - August 2022
Verily, an Alphabet Company
June 2019 - March 2022
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center
August 2018 - April 2019
The Fulbright Program
As Program Manager for Community Health & Engagement, I lead projects focused on digital literacy and financial wellness, manage a health equity grant program, support strategy for Social Drivers of Health screening, and spearhead workforce engagement and learning.
As a Community Engagement Research Fellow, I developed community engagement landscape scans, supported grant management, and led a program evaluation of a health equity grant program.
As a Strategy & Analytics Intern, I developed a set of measures to report on Social Drivers of Health (SDoH) for a substance use recovery center, designed a business case for the inclusion of SDoH measurement, and contributed to a quality improvement plan.
As Associate Program Manager at VUMC's Office of Health Equity, I managed cross-cutting health equity initiatives across the medical center. In Fall 2021, after joining Vanderbilt's MPH program, I worked as a Research Assistant for behavioral health intervention and as a Community Health Consultant for a statewide needs assessment.
As a Fulbright García-Robles Fellow in Mexico, I assisted university professors with English language learning courses, led cross-cultural exchange student projects, and volunteered with a non-profit supporting migrant returnees and deportees.
Skills & Accomplishments
Skills
Language skills:
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Spanish (native fluency)
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English (native fluency)
Computer Skills:
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REDCap, STATA, Qualtrics, Tableau, Canva, Smartsheet, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Zoom, WebEx
Accomplishments
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Co-Author: A Dedicated Graduate Certificate in Health Equity: A Novel Approach to Increase the Future Physician Capacity to Address Health Inequities | See article here
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David Satcher Public Health Scholar (Vanderbilt University)
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Fulbright Fellow (The Fulbright Program)
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Gilman International Scholar (U.S. Department of State)
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Burhans Civic Fellow (University of Richmond)