We continue our Meet Us Mondays by introducing Chevelle Davis, who is a key member of the team in Hale Manaʻo Hoʻokō, POL's policy division.
Chevelle Davis was born and raised on the island of O'ahu and resides in Ewa Beach in the ahupua'a of Hono'uli'uli. She is from a blended family and is the oldest of six children with two brothers and three sisters whom she adores.
Chevelle has her Bachelor of Arts in Public Health, Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management, and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Public Health with a focus on Community-Based and Translational Research at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Chevelle is also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Research Scholar.
Chevelle is passionate about creating a future where people feel safe and supported in their communities by addressing social, structural, and political determinants of health by dismantling and rebuilding systems through people-centered policies aimed at advancing a Culture of Health. Some of Chevelle's research interests include reproductive health (maternal child health, sexual reproductive health and rights, reproductive justice), minority health, and health systems through an Indigenous, anti-violence, equity and access focused lens.
Chevelle is no stranger to Papa Ola Lōkahi, having worked as the Administrative Assistant for the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program from 2017 to 2018. Her current position supports policy and advocacy, where she has been the point person for developing and submitting testimonies on behalf of POL during the Hawaiʻi state legislative sessions.
Chevelle loves naps, watching Marvel movies with her brothers, cuddling with her Dobermans, going to farmer's markets, and spending time with her mother and close friends.
