NHC SF Member Blog: Alumni Spotlight - Meet Saadhana Deshpande, NHC 2021-2022; 2022-2023 Alum!

“My background in community health has also proven very useful [at Drexel]: for example, as a part of our Health Advocacy Practicum, I’ve been placed with the Center for Addiction Medicine & Policy, which is one of Penn Medicine’s initiatives… I wouldn’t feel so confident doing that if it weren’t for my experience as a Health Worker at SFDPH, where I worked… to deliver naloxone training in San Francisco. And I wouldn’t have received that offer without my time in the National Health Corps… It really started with the Berkeley Free Clinic and NHC, and now I’m here!”

NHC SF Member Blog: Alumni Spotlight - Meet Vivian Yip, NHC SF 2022-2023 Alumna!

“I learned a lot during my NHC term at DPH - things like care coordination, listening, practicing curiosity, building relationships, and navigating care systems and as my term was ending, I felt like there was still more to learn from the teams and clients I had met.”

National Health CorpsAlan Arroyo-ChavezFebruary 17, 2026alumni, NHC, nationalhealthcorps, service, sfdph, san francisco

NHC SF Member Blog: Chronic Care Management - Improving Outcomes Beyond the Clinic

“Conducting outreach for CCM-DM has reshaped how I think about chronic disease management. I’ve come to better understand that effective public health interventions must acknowledge the realities of patients’ lives, not just their lab reports.”

National Health CorpsAlan Arroyo-ChavezFebruary 10, 2026value-based care, NHC, nationalhealthcorps, san francisco

NHC SF Member Blog: Humans of NHC - Meet Dulce, Nurse Manager at HealthRIGHT 360!

“Everything that I was already doing inside the clinic I got to do outside, and that's something that I've always kind of wanted to do, because it is very difficult for people to sometimes make it to their appointments. Coming into street medicine, I was able to bring everything that I had learned from inside the clinic and provide those services to the people outside.”

NHC SF Member Blog: Rediscovering Service - Meeting the Needs We See

“AmeriCorps has redefined what service means to me. I came in with ideas about what service should look like, but through my term, I’ve realized service isn’t a specific set of actions or a certain role. Service is about meeting the needs I see in front of me.”

NHC SF Member Blog: Mutual Aid

“Through my time with the palliative team so far, I’ve experienced so much of the spirit of mutual aid. My work is not only made easier, but also made brighter for it.“

NHC SF Member Vlog: Screening for Smiles - A Day in My Life

“In this vlog, join NHC San Francisco Member Charlene Victoria as she guides you through a service day as the School-Based Dental Program Assistant with the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Dental, Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Team!”

National Health CorpsAlan Arroyo-ChavezDecember 16, 2025NHC, nationalhealthcorps, dental, sfdph

NHC SF Member Vlog: NHC San Francisco Builds Hygiene Kits for the Street Outreach Services Program!

“During their Pre-Service Orientation, NHC SF Members partnered in-house with the Street Outreach Services Program at the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC)!”

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