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.”

SF AHEC Scholars: Meet Melanie Lopez!

“I became an SF AHEC Scholar to expand my knowledge and continue my motivation to address health needs in under-served communities. My personal experiences and experiences I heard from my own community with access to quality care drove me to pursue my public health interest.”

AHEC ScholarsAlan Arroyo-ChavezJanuary 26, 2026AHEC, Scholars, public health, san francisco

SF AHEC Scholars: Meet Veronica Machado-Alvarez!

“Seeking mentorship and building networks, especially through organizations such as CA AHEC and SF AHEC, can be invaluable.”

NHC SF Member Blog: Small Acts, Big Changes - Bringing Healthcare to Patients

“Over the past couple of months, I have seen how much of a difference it can make when health care is brought to people where they are, not the other way around.”

NHC SF Member Blog: Alumni Spotlight - Meet Whitney Francis, NHC SF 2019-2020 Alumna!

“I think the most impactful part of my service was in large part those relationships that I built with patients and with staff. At the heart of it, besides helping people to manage their chronic conditions through food, those relationships that you build through food pharmacy are also a big part of what the program is about.”

National Health CorpsAlan Arroyo-ChavezNovember 25, 2025nhc, nationalhealthcorps, san francisco, food pharmacy, alumni

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)!”

SF AHEC Scholars: Fashion for All - SF AHEC Scholars Volunteer with St. Anthony's Free Clothing Program!

Volunteering together provided Scholars the opportunity to learn about essential services that make up the fabric of the public health safety net in San Francisco.

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