Deanna Wilson

Deanna graduated from Swarthmore College in 2004 with a sociology-anthropology major and biology minor.  She coordinated an after-school tutoring and mentoring program for high school students while participating in various community organizations that empowered targeted community members, and educated students about poverty and homelessness.  She also conducted sociological and biological research, including a project at University of Pennsylvania where she collaborated on a health services research study and community intervention involving colon cancer.

Field placement: Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Policy placement: American Dietetic Association

Washington, D.C.

Hunger Free Community Report

The Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program Advocacy Toolkit compiles information necessary for advocates, community-based organizations and legislators to utilize C-SNAP research.  The Toolkit summarizes C-SNAP methodology, presents C-SNAP data, provides ways for community partners to utilize C-SNAP research in their own advocacy campaigns and serves as a model for unique approaches to frame food, cash, housing and energy assistance programs.