Real People. Real Careers. Real Impact.
Public health careers offer the opportunity to make a difference every day, often right in your own community. Hear directly from public health professionals across New York State about what they do, why they chose public health, and what makes their work meaningful.
Why Public Health Leaders Love Their Jobs
“I love being able to work in my community.”
Finding Purpose in Public Health Work
“Public health is all about connection and knowing your community.”
Marketing Public Health: Making an Impact as a Public Health Project Coordinator
“Working in my home county makes the work I do more meaningful. I’m helping the community I grew up in, that I’m living in and raising my own family in.”
The Rewards of Being a Service Coordinator
“I love working with children and their families and knowing the things I do helps to make their lives better every single day.”
Thoughts from a Public Health Nurse
“Taking care of a person after they’re sick is great – but isn’t it better if they don’t get sick in the first place? That’s what public health is about.”
A Day in the Life of an Overdose Prevention Program Director
“At the end of the day, my most important job is to keep people alive in our community.”
How I Became an Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
“Public health is a science and an art at the same time.”
Every Day is Different
“As a public health sanitarian, I’m often out in the field.”
Careers That Don’t Follow One Path
“My path to public health was completely non-traditional.”
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