A career development initiative on the South Side teaches young people how to manage tree health and offers tree care services while improving community health through programs like Food Pharmacy. BlackVoicesWTTW
, and other organizations, offers professional training to interns interested in pursuing careers in community health or conservation health.On a leafy street in the Pullman neighborhood, Ajiah Gilbert coaches a team of interns doing checkups on parkway trees – measuring, observing, and logging their health measurements into an app.
“It also sequesters carbon in the atmosphere, which lowers air pollution, it also helps with stormwater runoff,” added intern Leslie Leon-Aguilar. “And they also provide a lot of mental health benefits, which I think people often forget about.” “Patients are able to sign up through their doctor if they’re experiencing food insecurity,” said intern Khaila Franklin. “We see a lot of patients who either have to make a choice between their medication or eating. So we’re here to kind of break that barrier.”
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