159: Sustainability, Environmental Racism, and Public Health with Crystal T. Dixon, MPH, MA

Crystal T. Dixon, MPH, MA is Founder and CEO of Mango Consulting and is an Associate Professor of the Practice, Health and Exercise Science at Wake Forest University. She is someone whose academic research and scholarship explores the intersection of environmental racism, sustainability, and public health. She conferred a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Promotion, Community Health at East Carolina University then got her Master of Public Health in Health Analysis and Management at The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University before working in several roles. She then went on to get a Master of Arts in Sustainability at at Wake Forest University.Crystal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystal-t-dixon-mph-ma-27175532/Full shownotes: https://thephmillennial.com/episode159Support The Public Health Millennial: https://ko-fi.com/thephmillennialChapters:@0:00 Episode Teaser@1:37 Intro@2:16 Crystal Dixon, MPH, MA Intro@3:50 Environmental Racism, Sustainability, & Public Health@7:04 What is Public Health?@7:33 Bachelors Health Education & Promotion at East Carolina University@10:37 Experience during bachelors@15:30 Undergrad takeaways@16:54 Chronic Disease Case Manager at Greene County Health Care Inc@18:22 Master of Public Health at The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University@22:08 Experiences during MPH@26:40 MPH Takeaways@30:02 Public Health Education Specialist at Durham County Government@32:48 Adjunct Instructor at NC Central University@34:40 Roles at UNC at Greensboro@38:05 Founder & CEO at Mango Consulting@44:47 Master of Arts in Sustainability at Wake Forest University@50:20 Takeaways from Masters@51:29 Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and Training Facilitator@53:30 Community Engagement and Research Support at The Anna Julia Cooper Center@55:42 Associate@58:43 Advice in Teaching@1:02:24 How to get into a sub consulting@1:04:10 Consulting with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation@1:07:37 Future Predictions@1:09:00 The Furious FiveSupport the Show.Thanks for tuning in. Let's all work together towards a culture of health, wellbeing, and equity for all. ⭐⭐ SUBSCRIBE & Leave a 5-STAR REVIEW! ⭐⭐ Follow & Support:- Join The Public Health Community- The Public Health Millennial on IG - The Public Health Millennial on LinkedIn - The Public Health Millennial Website- Omari Richins, MPH on LinkedIn- Support on The Public Health Store