CommunityHealth
Maja Milkowska-Shibata is a skilled bilingual professional with extensive experience in medical interpretation and public health research. Currently serving as a Polish Medical Interpreter for Healing Narratives and CommunityHealth, Maja provides vital interpretation services for Polish-speaking patients in various medical settings. Previous roles include Project Assistant at Northern Illinois University, where Maja coordinated a research program on water quality and public health, and Research Scholar at the Global Environmental Health LAB, focusing on maternal health care in Myanmar. Maja's earlier research experiences include quantitative analysis at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, and conducting mixed methods studies at Health Care Without Harm - Europe. Maja holds dual Master of Science degrees in Global Health and European Public Health from Maastricht University, along with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Poznan University of Medical Sciences.
CommunityHealth
Founded in 1993, CommunityHealth is dedicated to serving the uninsured and underserved in Chicago and surrounding communities. We provide over 17,000 medical and dental visits for more than 10,000 patients every year. This level of care is made possible thanks to the time and talent of more than 1,000 volunteers, including 350+ providers (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, counselors, etc.). CommunityHealth’s main facility, the Lederman Family Health Center, is located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood. In 2010, we opened a satellite in Chicago’s south side Englewood neighborhood — a community with great need and limited resources. As the largest volunteer-based free medical facility in the United States, we offer demonstrated success and an innovative model for providing compassionate and comprehensive medical and dental care to the uninsured. If you are interested in supporting CommunityHealth, you can be sure that your donation is truly making a difference. That’s because every dollar we spend translates to more than $8.00 in care delivered. As a totally free, volunteer-based organization, we receive no reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, or third-party payers. We rely on support from individuals, foundations, corporations, and institutions for more than 95% of our revenue. CommunityHealth simply could not exist without your commitment.