Rhonda Lay
Community Health Worker III at Sinai Urban Health Institute
Topics: community health, respiratory health, disease management, SDOH, community organizing and advocacy
Pronouns: She/her
About
Rhonda Lay has been with Sinai Urban Health Institute for 13 years as a Community Health Worker III, CROWD trainer in disease management and CORE skills. She also on-board future CHWs and train others in the field of community health. Prior to coming to Sinai, Rhonda was a RRT (registered respiratory care therapist) with a BS degree and taught acute and chronic asthma along with COPD management in healthcare systems across the Chicagoland area.
In Rhonda’s free time she volunteers at her church as the chairperson of the Health Commission. She is also a past member of the Douglas Park Advisory Council, George W. Collins LSC and is a member of a book club called Read It and Speak.