Jennifer Neczypor

Jennifer Neczypor (Loyola Marymount University ’08)

Jennifer has demonstrated a commitment to women’s health at both the local and global scale by providing compassionate, evidence-based, high-quality primary, obstetrics, and gynecologic care to diverse populations of women at all stages of life. She currently works as a certified nurse-midwife at El Rio Health Center, a Federally Qualified Heath Center. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Jennifer uses her language skills to reach a broad population of women from all socioeconomic levels. She is now in her second year of pursuing her DrPH from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  

After college, Jennifer joined the Peace Corps and served as an educator on the remote island chain of Vanuatu from 2009 to 2011. Not only did she teach in primary schools, but she also began a weekly health education class and led empowerment workshops for young girls on the island. She served as a Global Nursing Fellow in Lira, Uganda and supported over 30 student-midwives, assisting the students in emergency situations and home visits. As a Frist Global Health Leader in Nepal, Jennifer precepted both births and classes and helped with curriculum development at Kathmandu University’s first bachelor-level midwifery program. She volunteered with Medglobal to provide midwifery and family medicine care in IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps in Syria as part of their earthquake relief mission. Most recently, Jennifer finished over two years with Seed Global Health in Sierra Leone where she served as a midwife and educator. She was instrumental in a program that drastically reduced the country’s high maternal mortality rate. She taught over 230 student midwives and over 200 nurses, midwives, doctors, and community health officers with a focus on emergency obstetric and newborn care.