WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:01.890 My name is Ana J. Almanzar 2 00:00:01.890 --> 00:00:03.870 and I am the Director of Community Relations 3 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:05.823 at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. 4 00:00:06.690 --> 00:00:09.293 We are a philanthropic organization, 5 00:00:09.293 --> 00:00:12.330 pretty healthy financially, thank God. 6 00:00:12.330 --> 00:00:17.250 And we provide funding for nonprofits serving New Yorkers 7 00:00:17.250 --> 00:00:20.700 across the state, specifically on issues of health 8 00:00:20.700 --> 00:00:23.700 and addressing the social determinants of health. 9 00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:27.810 I get to get paid for doing something that I actually love, 10 00:00:27.810 --> 00:00:30.660 building relationships and building community. 11 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.880 Since I've graduated with my master's degree 12 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.240 a few years ago, that has been my job, 13 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:39.725 and my life mission is to work with individuals 14 00:00:39.725 --> 00:00:42.390 and help and change the world one bit at a time. 15 00:00:42.390 --> 00:00:44.070 And at the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, 16 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:47.610 I get to do that, meeting nonprofits on a daily basis 17 00:00:47.610 --> 00:00:50.490 to introduce who we are as a foundation 18 00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:52.410 and also to learn from them 19 00:00:52.410 --> 00:00:55.080 about the issues affecting the communities that they serve. 20 00:00:55.080 --> 00:00:56.970 To then bring that information back to the foundation 21 00:00:56.970 --> 00:01:00.660 to help shape who we are and what we do 22 00:01:00.660 --> 00:01:02.880 in the future is very exciting. 23 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:04.590 My biggest responsibilities, 24 00:01:04.590 --> 00:01:07.320 the first one is to stay informed of what is happening 25 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:10.320 both at the local, city, and county level 26 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:11.970 and also at the state level 27 00:01:11.970 --> 00:01:15.483 and in a broader aspect, I guess at the federal level. 28 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.870 For example, during 2021, 29 00:01:18.870 --> 00:01:23.640 when we had the vaccination drives 30 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:27.090 to understanding which communities were getting vaccinated 31 00:01:27.090 --> 00:01:28.650 at a faster rate and who wasn't 32 00:01:28.650 --> 00:01:31.890 and then bringing that information back into leadership 33 00:01:31.890 --> 00:01:36.780 to stay informed and also to understand how 34 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:39.840 the sector changes, how the nonprofit sector changes 35 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:43.080 and to always stay tuned to what is happening 36 00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:45.480 in our community I guess would be, would be the main one. 37 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.900 We're responsible for staying, 38 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:51.060 not only us staying informed 39 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:54.240 but also informing our community or in highlighting the work 40 00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:56.550 of the nonprofits that we partner with. 41 00:01:56.550 --> 00:02:00.180 For example, we do healthcare conversations 42 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:02.520 in formal webinars online. 43 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:04.590 This new year we're having three of them 44 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:06.960 one in September, one in November, one in October. 45 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:09.270 And the idea is to highlight the work 46 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:11.943 of our partners by introducing them 47 00:02:11.943 --> 00:02:15.870 to our larger community and having them explain some 48 00:02:15.870 --> 00:02:19.230 of the great work that they do on a daily basis. 49 00:02:19.230 --> 00:02:24.090 I am responsible for studying our current grantees, 50 00:02:24.090 --> 00:02:26.400 our current partners, and looking at their mission, 51 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.050 who they are internally and externally, what they do best, 52 00:02:31.050 --> 00:02:33.810 and specifically the program that they're working with, 53 00:02:33.810 --> 00:02:35.490 the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, 54 00:02:35.490 --> 00:02:37.860 and invite them to be part 55 00:02:37.860 --> 00:02:41.163 of our panel during our webinar conversations.