Helen Gaynor
Director, Educational Programs, Responsibility.org
Helen oversees the organization’s underage drinking prevention programs and is responsible for content creation and program development. In addition, she directs external education partnerships and stakeholder outreach, implementing ways to effectively reach parents, educators, and administrators.
Originally from Philadelphia, Helen has spent the past nine years in Washington, DC and is currently pursuing her Master of Public Health degree at George Washington University. Previously, she worked as a health educator with a nonprofit, teaching alcohol education, decision-making, and communication skills to ninth-grade students in DC public schools.
On the weekends you can probably find her restocking her Diet Coke supply and pondering where Chip Kelly went wrong.
Latest Blog Posts from Helen
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🎨🖌️ Graphic Storytellers Capture Experiences of School Nurses and Counselors
Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about our education audiences, but are ...
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Help your Kids make Healthy Choices with Ask,Listen,Learn
The responsibilities of a parent are seemingly endless. From the basics, like ensuring ...
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Dr. Deborah Gilboa delivers TEDx Talk on raising kids with good character
According to our National Advisory Board member, Family Physician, Parenting and Youth Development ...
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The Path to the Future: Navigating Prom and Graduation Season with your Teenager
After some up-and-down March and April weather that unearthed my buried trust issues, ...
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'Talking to kids about sex' video shows power of open conversations
“Come on, you drink right?” I was standing in a 9th grade classroom ...
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Ask, Listen, Learn & Los Angeles Unified School District welcome U.S. Paralympian Lex Gillette to Sutter Middle School
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Responsibility.org’s Ask, Listen, Learn Program and Discovery Education Uncover the Science Behind How Alcohol Affects Developing Brains, Bodies, and Behavior During Alcohol Responsibility Month
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