Ciara was an MPH 4+1 student that recently graduated from Philander Smith University. Ciara is a Community Health Coordinator with the Center while she is obtaining her Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology. During her previous work with Serving Underrepresented Populations through Engagement and Research (S.U.P.E.R.) Project, Ciara gained knowledge about Institutional Review Boards, creating pre-and post-assessments, as well as hosting interventions. Ciara’s background also includes to working with food insecurity in Little Rock. Ciara’s work has created change in her community, and she brings the same enthusiasm to our team.
Ciara is an integral part of our Green Schoolyard Study which aims to help create better play areas for children in grades K-5. She helps communicate with parents about the purpose of the study at local community events. Ciara has also created REDCap participant surveys to help with the data collection during after-hours playground observation.