Public Health Careers podcast episode with Wanji Banda, MPH
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Wanji is a Program and Outreach Manager at Elevated Co, a Healthcare Manager at Hollymead Rehab, and a Chapter Chair with Sisters in Public Health.
She is a motivated and result-oriented public health professional with a background in Biomedical sciences, Healthcare finance management, and Nonprofit partnership development.
Born and raised in Zambia, Wanji’s passion stems from growing up in a healthcare system that has been unable to provide high-quality, culturally appropriate healthcare services. And now she is committed to implementing change and bridging health equity and inequality gaps.
She conferred an Associates Degree in Biology at Alvin Community College. A Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences at Sam Houston State University. And a Master of Public Health at Baylor University.
In today’s episode you’ll hear and learn more about
- How she navigated success in her career switching from pre-med to public health as an immigrant to the US
- An immigrant’s perspective on public health and health systems
- How she was able to leverage an internship with SIPH to become a chapter chair
- How education looks different in the US vs Zambia and the individualism vs collectivism experienced
- How being a medical scribe shifted her mind on wanting to pursue public health
And much more