Moving Beyond Stigma: Mental Health and Employment Webinar

Dr. Venoncia M. Baté-Ambrus has over 20 years of experience working in nonprofits, faith-based organizations, health and human services, academia, and workforce development. Her work has focused on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion for marginalized communities including African Americans, Latinx, and LGBTQI peoples. Her interests are behavioral and community health, healthcare diversification, policy, training, and leadership development. She is an experienced curriculum designer and has taught courses in Health Disparities, Race & Ethnicity, and CHW Leadership, among others. Dr. V is trained in restorative justice, circle keeping and Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) practices. Her pronouns are she/her/hers/ella. Dr. V has earned a BA in multicultural psychology via the University Without Walls at Northeastern Illinois University, a MS in Organizational Leadership from Dominican University, a MA in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University, PhD in Community Psychology from National Louis University and graduate certificates in healthcare administration, health psychology, health mission leadership, marketing management, fundraising management, mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution.