Ayana Walker is a suspicious mulatto who hails from the mean streets of Delano, California. She is currently studying biochemistry and hopes to finish her bachelor’s of science in the next two years. She is concurrently enrolled at San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, and Heald College, where she is pursuing a [...]
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I was born and raised in San Francisco by my mother and grandmother. Against all odds their guidance has helped me mature into an strong women and a great mother. Volunteering as a Client Service Coordinator at the clinic for six months inspired me to further my involvement at the clinic and dedicate more time [...]
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Sarah Turrin joins the Clinic as an New Sector Alliance Resident for the Volunteer Program. A recent transplant to the Bay Area, Sarah spent the past four years as an undergraduate at Wellesley College, where her studies focused primarily on women’s health, feminist bioethics and economic development. While in school, Sarah interned for Our Bodies, [...]
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Alisha, a born and raised Seattlite, is a graduate from the University of Washington psychology department. She has just recently moved to the Bay area and is excited to begin her year of AmeriCorps service for the Women’s community clinic. After exploring health disparities in developing countries as well as her own city, Alisha was [...]
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Kathleen is very excited to be an AmeriCorps member at the Clinic. She became inspired to work in women’s health through her advocacy for the health rights of incarcerated women. She currently volunteers with the San Francisco Reentry Council, where she focuses on coordinating health and housing resources for recently released prisoners. She [...]
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Suzanne has 18 years of experience in public health and women’s health, including work at the Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force, where she was an educator and outreach worker, Planned Parenthood of MN/SD, where she was an abortion counselor and community educator, and Choice Medical Group, where she was a clinic manager. Most [...]
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Women’s Community Clinic & UCSF School of Nursing Collaborate to Offer Prenatal Services
New partnership provides vital services to low-income pregnant women
SAN FRANCISCO (October 13, 2011) - Women’s Community Clinic and the UCSF School of Nursing have joined forces to offer prenatal services to women with limited access to health care services. The Women’s Community Clinic [...]
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“My visit to the Clinic was one of the most positive health care experiences I've ever had.”
—Client
As part of The Wells Fargo Volunteer Leave Program, long-time Women's Community Clinic volunteer Larissa Belsky took two weeks off from her job as a foreign exchange trader to work with the Clinic.