Kathryn Hall - The Birthing Project USA, The Underground Railroad for New Life

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Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, D.Div, M.P.H.

Kathryn Hall-Trujillo is the Founder and Director of The Center for Community Health & Well-Being. The Center is a holistic health and social service agency that houses a comprehensive women's health care clinic, including substance abuse services; The BarberShop (employment, parenting education and social support for fathers); Saturday Morning Beauty Salon (pregnancy prevention for adolescents); The Academy of Dreams (risk reduction for teens) and the nationally acclaimed Birthing Project SisterFriend Program

Ms. Hall-Trujillo has over thirty years of experience as a public health administrator, community health educator and advocate in the public and private sectors. Her experience in understanding, translating and bridging policy, administration, services delivery and client cultures have earned her national recognition.

She is also an independent consultant, providing technical assistance to government, private and community agencies regarding health administration, policy and program development, identification of resources and community education. Her clients have included the United States Public Health Service; the University of California at Davis Medical School; and EvansGroup, which developed the California Baby-Cal Campaign and The Center for Collaborative Planning, that implemented The California Women’s Health Leadership Program.

For the last five years she has been conducting research in Cuba focusing on Cuba’s maternal and child health system and the role of girls and women. She works closely with the Cuba Medical School Project that is training students from the US to practice medicine in underserved areas in the United States.

Ms. Hall-Trujillo is an adjunct professor at City University of Los Angeles in the Graduate School of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences. She has participated in the development of many publications, including:

What to Expect when You’re Expecting Foundation, Baby Basics (1999)

Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California at San Francisco, Model of Care for Chemically Dependent Pregnant and Post Partum Women and Their Young Drug-Exposed Children (1991)

She has been honored as Woman of the Year by the California State Legislature, a Hero in Healthcare by the Coalition for Excellence in Healthcare, and Child Abuse Prevention Professional of the Year by the California Statewide Child Abuse Consortium. Ms. Hall-Trujillo is the recipient of the Essence National Community Service Award, the United States Public Health Service's Women's Health Leadership Award, and the California State Maternal and Child Health Certificate of Excellence. She is listed on The Children's Honor Roll compiled by California Children Now. In 2005 the National Association of Women Business Owners recognized her with their Annual Luminary Award and she was selected as one of 30 leaders in women’s health by The National Women’s Health Network.

Kathryn received her Baccalaureate (BA) and Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) at The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She received her Doctor of Divinity at Metaphorum Ministries.

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