 Robin brings business know-how and 25 years experience in public health and public health finance to her role with HealthStart. Previously Robin worked as a legislative aide, policy analyst, and director of governmental affairs for a company serving persons with disabilities, and the Executive Director of a Texas nonprofit.Robin's experience working as a legislative aide and a policy analyst taught her that big changes begin in communities, not in the states' legislatures. Robin attended the University of Texas School of Public Health. There she examined pressing public health issues including access to mental health services and state and federal statutes relating to mental health. In addition to her role with HealthStart, Robin owns and directs the operations of RH2 Consulting, Inc which specializes in healthcare and public education studies and evaluation and performance reviews.  Kim Longacre founded and taught at the Phoenix School preschool from 1985-1999. While there she honed her curriculum development skills and managed a staff of 20 employees.In her current teaching, Kim blends Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia techniques in her classrooms. This ensures she meets the needs of children with a variety of learning styles. Over the years she has developed and designed curriculums for language arts, math, science, and social studies that meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) objectives. Perhaps most importantly Kim includes music and art in her lessons whenever possible and never forgets that learning should be fun. In addition to duties with HealthStart, Kim is a member of the band Right Or Happy. She’s performed throughout the U.S. and Canada.
 Julie is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Texas at Austin. She has an undergraduate degree in Finance from Villanova University. She spent the past five years working for Rolls-Royce in a number of roles in the US, the United Kingdom and Germany. She is excited to use her business skills to help develop the HealthStart Foundation and promote healthy eating.  Mary graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Studio Art in 2009. She plans to put my imaginative mind and meticulous organization skill to use at HealthStart by creating fun and helpful materials. Mary lived in South Korea for 10 years, subsequently in Austin for another 10 years. She is blessed to have two sets of loving families, one in Korea and one in Austin. When she’s not creating Mary derives inspiration from shoe shopping, eating dessert, making jewelry, and reading outside on a sunny day.  Tae Ro is a Management, Pre-medicine student at The University of Texas at Austin. His vision is to become a symbol of hope and a figure who can empower people to live full & healthier lives.With his solid background in biological sciences and experience in the clinical environment, he offers fresh perspectives and educated ideas to the team.Tae was born in South Korea and grew up in El Paso, Texas. He loves hip-hop dancing, his guitar, and exercising. He wishes he’d been at the 2006 Rose Bowl, to see his sister’s Trojans get dominated by Vince Young and the mighty Longhorns. 
Tope Eletu-Obido
is currently graduate student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, pursuing a career in public policy. She has a strong
interest in education, social and health policy, and technology
innovation. She hopes that she can use her law degree and public
policy background to help Health Start meet its mission goals. Tope has lived in 4 countries including Spain and the UK. She enjoys volunteering, launching new initiatives, eating sushi and is currently trying to learn Japanese. 
Minkyung Kim
studied Linguistics
and Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin as an
exchange student. She brings experience as a research assistant at UT
to her time with HealthStart and hopes offer innovative ways
and ideas to HealthStart’s evaluation process.
Minkyung was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. She appreciates her life as an exchange student and the people she has met so far. It has been fabulous experience and has impacted her way of thinking about her future and life. She loves eating delicious food, shopping, studying languages and traveling around the world. Minkyung hopes she can live abroad (again) eventually. 
Rachel Wilcox
is originally
from Mustang, OK (a suburb of Oklahoma City), but moved to Austin in
2004 after graduating with a B.A. in anthropology from University of
Oklahoma. After a stint in the education, human resources, and the
non-profit sectors Rachel returned to graduate school for her
Master’s in Advertising.
Rachel completed her Master’s in the spring of 2011 and began working as a communications intern for HealthStart and Meals on Wheels. She hopes to continue working in non-profits and eventually land an opportunity working with an international non-governmental organization in east or central Africa. Rachel loves writing, reading, drawing cartoons, the outdoors, and the most interesting fact about her is she has only had one McDonald’s hamburger in her life. |
