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2022 Heartland Conference Featured SpeakerPublic Health Professional
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Catherine Guerrero is public health professional whose work includes spearheading public health and social change initiatives focused on advancing health equity. She has worked in various capacities addressing the social and political drivers of health to improve individual and community well-being during her career.
Catherine has worked in public health for over 25 years on projects that range from work to address inequities in the prevention of infectious disease and vaccine uptake across the life span to the prevention of intentional and unintentional injury. She is an expert in trauma and the impact of trauma on health and wellness. For most of her career, Catherine has focused on how shared risk and protective factor approaches to public health have the potential to advance work that happens in health departments, as well as within community-based organizations and organizing campaigns.
Catherine earned a Master of Public Administration and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Colorado, Denver as well as a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University.
Catherine has worked in public health for over 25 years on projects that range from work to address inequities in the prevention of infectious disease and vaccine uptake across the life span to the prevention of intentional and unintentional injury. She is an expert in trauma and the impact of trauma on health and wellness. For most of her career, Catherine has focused on how shared risk and protective factor approaches to public health have the potential to advance work that happens in health departments, as well as within community-based organizations and organizing campaigns.
Catherine earned a Master of Public Administration and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Colorado, Denver as well as a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University.