Mae Gilene Begay

Navajo Department of Health
Envision CHW Council

As a community leader and president of the Forest Lake chapter of the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, Mae Gilene has witnessed how easily some communities on reservations
fall through the cracks. She feels strongly that CHWs must be equipped with the proper tools to effectively do their work. Mae Gilene hopes to be of help in planning, development
and reaching out to CHWs and CHRs to provide additional training.

Areas of expertise: planning, development, case management, social work, neglected and abused children and elderly, incest, treatment and therapy model