Rachel Stoll is a Certified CHW who is continuing her role as Winona Community HUB Manager in Winona, MN, as she steps into her new role as HRSA Program Manager at the Alliance.

Rachel has experience working in the field as a CHW at the Winona Community HUB prior to her current administrative roles. As a CHW, Rachel worked directly with participants of the HUB program to address social drivers of health and improve health literacy and health outcomes. Through this work, Rachel learned that the health of the most vulnerable members of our community impacts the health and well-being of our entire community.

Before becoming a CHW, Rachel spent about ten years living and working in collectively run emergency shelters in Milwaukee, Tucson, and Winona. It was her experience in Tucson which drove her toward health equity work. In Arizona, Rachel worked with two organizations, No More Deaths and Casa Mariposa, to provide direct humanitarian aid for people affected by the border crisis. During this experience, Rachel learned the vital importance of going ‘upstream’ when providing medical help to individuals, early intervention, and how systems and structural barriers can impact health.

Rachel’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Anthropology and Gender Studies from Marquette University and a Community Health Worker Certificate from Minnesota West Community and Technical College. Rachel’s history with MNCHWA includes participating in the CHW Leadership Program in 2020 and leading the CHW Supervisor Roundtable in 2022 and 2023.

Rachel brings a passion for equal access and equitable distribution of resources to her new role and will work to ensure that the HRSA grant will benefit communities in every corner of the state. Rachel is excited to work collaboratively with such an amazing team and to be able to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders in this work.

Welcome, Rachel!