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The Office of Health and Wellness

OHW Ambassadors Champion Wellness From Within

The OHW Ambassador Program is el evating and empowering workforce leadership in wellness by equipping staff ambassadors across each division and office to bring resources, information, and connection directly to their col leagues. The OHW Ambassador Pro gram attracted more than 60 applicants when it began in January 2025, demon strating a strong interest in advancing well-being through staff driven action.

Program ambassadors share OHW campaigns, encourage engagement in wellness activities and events, gather feedback, and model everyday wellness practices that support a healthier work place culture. By championing wellness from within, the program strengthens staff voices and choices and reflects OHW’s core belief that workplace well ness is strongest when it is built by staff, for staff The Office of Health and Wellness provides a gentle reminder that work isn’t all we are—we need to take care of ourselves across all aspects of wellness to truly succeed. It helps create a culture where well-being feels valued instead of overlooked, and I love that. — Kathleen (Kathi) Haschak, OHW Ambassador, DPSS Employee Success Center (DESC) – Compliance Services

OHW Ambassadors fulfill a vital role promoting and maintaining a wellness-centered work place and strengthening program connections throughout the department.

OHW Ambassadors Fiscal Year 2024/25

Nisrine Azzi Debbie Barwela Yohanna Brewer Victoria Brown Nayeli Cabrera Viviana Camarena Michelle Cardona Lizette Casanova Kiwauna Conwell Heather Dalmases Jeanetta Daniel Jenny Descoteaux Laura Diaz, Laura TaNisha Fleming

Natalia Harris Kathleen Haschak Yesenia Hernandez Yanely Herrera Ana Knox Michele Lang Samanthia Lee Blanca Lopez Roxana Lopez Crystal Malagon Shimela Matthews Ivette Minas Magaly Munoz de Avila Alicia Navarrete Olga Ramirez-Cortes

Lisa Rojas Amy Salcido Oralia Sanchez Marcus Sesay

Kristina Simmons Celeste Stadelman Nichelle Stinnett Destiny Stokes Michelle Tanampai Feledier Thrower Vanessa Tostado Lene Vaifale Rosario Vazquez Nikcole White Estephany Williams Joshua Witbeck Rain Young Melissa Zavala

Sandra Garcia Joseph Gaston Mistine Greer Emily Gumucio

Josefa Ramos Carolina Rangel Pablo Reyes

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Riverside County Department of Public Social Services | Annual Report 2024 - 2025