b'4RAPPORT | Feature StoryNorth Suffolk Mental Health Association,Program Sets GraduatesRiverside Community Care, The Brookline Centeron a New Career Pathfor Community Mental Health, and You, Inc.Every time we offer the CHW trainingRecent CHW graduate Luke Courtemanche came to program, we meet amazing and talentedthe program after working in Lynn Public Schools community members, said Rachel Weidenfeld,as a Paraeducator and Behavior Interventionist. director of Community Health and Education,Committed to serving youth from a very young age, JRI. Together with the 蜜桃tvCourtemanche began working with children through team, we work to create a space where people canthe Lynn Parks and Recreation department while still share the kind of wisdom and experiences thatin high school. Later he directed childcare programs will help support individuals and families in aat the YMCA of Greater Boston. wide variety of healthcare settings. Through thisThe longtime Lynn resident valued his innovative initiative, we respond to participantinteractions with faculty, staff, and classmates and needs and augment their learning withcredits the CHW program with reigniting his passion mentorship and field placements. for his work in the field of behavioral health.Dr. Ziyi Xiu, Dr. Gemima St. Louis, Dr. Natalie Cort, Dr. Hanan Hashem, and Dr. Sejal Prajapati.The Teaching Faculty Fellowship THREE NEW FACULTY JOIN INAUGURAL PROGRAMThe Center for Workforce Development hasOne of the Centers newest programs, the Teaching established innovative programs for thoseFaculty Fellowship (TFF), was created in partnership looking to begin or expand their training inwith the Office of the Vice President for Academic behavioral health. These programs provideAffairs to provide these same opportunities educational and mentorship opportunities forto emerging faculty members who come from pre-college through graduate school students.historically underrepresented backgrounds. The'