Jered Ebenreck is a public health professional and radio producer known for working with multi-disciplinary teams to produce dynamic reports, social insights, and policy proposals. He provided a variety of community services, legislative engagements, and grassroots participation in multiple venues. Whether responding to COVID-19, providing individual patient assessment, creating content for community radio, or family caregiving, their career demonstrates crisis preparedness, trauma-informed community engagement, and a commitment to the transformative power of information and education to promote health equity.
Over 20 years of hands-on work with chronically ill, disabled, and disadvantaged patients provided him with practical exposure to the impact of health inequities on concrete lives. Working as a reporter and contact tracer covering COVID-19 taught him how to work in complex institutions with nuanced and developing epidemiological data while translating that information to the everyday person in phone calls and radio reports. A pathway that includes his recent MPH degree in 2023, Jered’s education testifies to the integration offered by his unique perspective on policy concerning formal and informal caregivers, social equity, healthcare utilization, and crisis response.
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Skills & Practice
| Health & Caregiver Policy | Production & Journalism | Managerial Skills |
| Policy Analysis & Briefs | Public Health Journalism | Classroom Facilitation |
| Caregiver Advocacy | Autoethnography | Campaign Organizing |
| Pandemic Response | Radio Hosting | Peer Training |
| Dementia Caregiving | Sound Design | Fundraising & Canvassing |
| Somatic Therapies | Descriptive Epidemiology | Spreadsheet Maintenance |
| Trauma Prevention | Research & Interviewing | Business Accounting |
| 1st Aid/CPR Training | English (native; Spanish (working use) | Office Software |
Educational History
- University of New Mexico, College of Population Health, Albuquerque, NM;
- Master of Public Health (MPH); December, 2023 (enrolled 2020-2023)
- Concentration: Health Systems, Services and Policy
- Professional Paper: “An Autoethnography of Family Caregiving for Alzheimer’s During COVID”, November 9, 2023
- Graduated with Distinction; GPA +4.0
- Master of Public Health (MPH); December, 2023 (enrolled 2020-2023)
- Somatic Experiencing International, Broomfield, CO
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP); May, 2011(enrolled 2008-2011)
- (246 hours of training, sessions, and consultation including Nervous System Anatomy & Physiology, Trauma Etiology, Therapeutic Practice, & Cycles of Autonomic Activation)
- Concentration: Integrating Somatic Experiencing’s Model into a Therapeutic Bodywork Practice; focused on the application of Dr. Peter Levine’s model of trauma resolution
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP); May, 2011(enrolled 2008-2011)
- New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics, Albuquerque, NM
- Natural Therapeutics Specialist; January 2004 (enrolled 2003; school closed in 2020)
- Education to become aLicensed Massage Therapist (LMT) in New Mexico
- (750 hours of training including: Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Pathology [40 hours], Therapeutic Massage, First Aid/CPR, Herbal Remedies, & Professional Ethics)
- Concentration: Application of Therapeutic Massage for People with Disabilities, Chronic Illness, and Trauma Survival
- Natural Therapeutics Specialist; January 2004 (enrolled 2003; school closed in 2020)
- McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Minors in Spanish and Food Systems’ Issues, May 1995
- Final Paper: “The Battle and the Dance: Power and Resistance in the Work of Michel Foucault”, May 3, 1995
- Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; Summa Cum Laude; Omicron Delta Kappa; Alumni Citizenship Award; Reuben Holthaus Award in Philosophy
- Concentration: Community Organizing, Social Ecology, and Civil Rights Advocacy
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Minors in Spanish and Food Systems’ Issues, May 1995
- Institute for Social Ecology, Burlington, VT
- Concentration: Intensive immersion in Social Ecology concepts of social theorist Murray Bookchin, 1992 (Summer training including Community Health, Social Ecology, Indigenous Politics, and Women’s Health)
Licenses & Certifications
New Mexico Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT#4680) 2004 – 2026. New Mexico Massage Therapy Board, New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department, Santa Fe, NM
Board Certified in Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (#403808-00) 2004 – 2026. National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Licensed Massage Therapy Instructor (LMTI) 2007 – 2016
*LMTI as a category in NM ended. New Mexico Massage Therapy Board, New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department, Santa Fe, NM
Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) 2011 – 2024
Somatic Experiencing International, Broomfield CO