Cohort 4
Fall 2022
Heather Coats is a Nurse Practitioner.
Interview with Heather
March 2023
What communities do you work with in your daily life?
Health Care, Nursing, Hospice and Palliative Care
What's something that's inspiring your writing these days?
Spring season; spending a good bit of time academic writing so less creative writing
What one thing has stuck with you most from your Certified Listener Poet experience?
Collaboration with my cohort; richness of The Good Listening Project’s greater community
Is there anything else you want people to know about you?
My program of research (storytelling: Narrative) funded by NIH
Dawn M. Schocken is the Director for the Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation.
Salaam Green is the Founder of Literary Healing Arts, a Consultant, and Artist in Residence.
Zina Mercil is the Director of Coach Development, a counselor, and body psychotherapist.
LaShaune Johnson is a public health professor, breast cancer survivor/advocate, and culturally responsive evaluator.
Sailaja Devaguptapu is a published poet, writer and researcher, wellness facilitator, designing and developing courses on Health Humanities.
Kelsey D. Mahaffey is a non-profit leader working to educate and engage communities in the All of Us Research Program from the National Institutes of Health.