Amber Canto

Director, Extension Institute for Health & Well-being @University Of Wisconsin-Extension

Madison, WI, US
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WORK HISTORY

Jul 2018 — Present

Director, Extension Institute for Health & Well-being @University Of Wisconsin-Extension

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Provide strategic programmatic and administrative leadership to the Division of Extension Health & Well-Being Institute. Extension Institute of Health & Well-Being works to catalyze positive change in Wisconsin families through evidence-based programs focused on nutrition, food security, chronic disease prevention, mental health promotion, and prevention of substance abuse. Rooted in both urban and rural communities, we’re working together to ensure all Wisconsinites have opportunities for health.

EDUCATION

2019 — 2025

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

2003 — 2007

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science, Dietetics

2007 — 2009

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health

Masters in Public Health, Nutrition

SKILLS

SpssLiterature ReviewsPowerpointMicrosoft OfficeSpanishFood SystemsNutrition EducationProgram DevelopmentLeadershipGrant WritingTeachingFood SecurityPublic SpeakingGlobal HealthBilingual-SpanishNutritionCommunity OutreachFood PolicyPublic HealthSocial Determinants of HealthProgram EvaluationHealth EquityProgram ManagementProposal Writing

ABOUT AMBER CANTO

Public health nutritionist and program administrator with diverse community experience across the lifespan. Research and programming focus targeting disparities in healthy food access and availability and health equity. Special interests in community capacity building, program implementation and evaluation to address maternal and child nutrition domestically and abroad.

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