Alma Knows His Gun- McCormick

Alma McCormick is a member of the Crow Nation and the Executive Director of Messengers for Health. Alma is a trusted leader and a community activist for improved health and wellness amongst her people. Her educational background is in Community Health, and she furthered her education receiving a Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness at Montana State University-Billings. In 1996, she began working with the Montana Cancer Control Program to address cancer outreach and advocacy among the Crow women achieving a breakthrough in cancer awareness in the Crow community. Beginning in 2001 to the present, she has been working in collaboration with Montana State University- Bozeman to address various health issues important to the Crow people through successful community-based participatory research. Alma is a member of many local and national community health advisory boards and committees. She has presented at national health conferences to share the program’s successes. She has co-authored numerous peer reviewed journal articles. She has received national awards and leadership awards for promoting health equity and reducing health disparities. Alma’s strong passion for her work in community outreach stems from her personal experience of losing a young twin daughter to neuroblastoma cancer in 1985.

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