April Forrest

Background

About April Forrest

April Forrest is an MPH graduate and DrPH Candidate at Claremont Graduate University. April has a B.A. from Pitzer College in Global Public Health, Community Engagement with an emphasis on Women’s health disparities. She has interned and volunteered in Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and several countries worldwide. As she continues to study, April hopes to continue broadening her lens on Public Health and its intersectionality. April’s work in Public Health in recent years includes The American Lung Association, where she was a Health Educator. During her time at the Lung Association, April has worked in La Mirada and Norwalk educating kids and adults on the dangers of vaping and the importance of Lung Health, creating coalitions, and passing local policies. Before working at the American Lung Association, all of April’s work was in sexual health education. This includes spending time at Claremont College campuses at the health education outreach center and in Hue, Vietnam Medical School, and working as a health educator at Pasadena City College where she served as an advisor for peer mentors and student group Active Minds. April is an adjunct professor at Occidental College and Cal State LA and has taught classes in Global Health and Community Literacy, Behavioral Health Sciences, and co-instructs theories at Claremont Graduate University. In her free time, April volunteers with a suicide text hotline.