Our People

Sara Engel

Director, Health Promotion
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
sengel@ur.rochester.edu
Sara has a BS in Health Education from SUNY Cortland and a MS in Higher Education from the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education.  She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor, and a “Balancing Alcohol and Substance Use to Improve College Success Practitioner” (BASICS).

Rebecca Block, MS, CHES, 500 RYT

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Director, the Mindful University Project
Director, the Well-being for Life and Learning Training
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
rblock4@ur.rochester.edu 
Rebecca has a BA in Health, Behavior and Society from the University of Rochester and an MS in Community Health Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), Pain Reprocessing Therapy coach, Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor (500 RYT), Certified Koru Mindfulness Teacher, and completed her College Health and Wellness Professional certificate from the American College Health Association (ACHA). 

Danielle D’Onofrio

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ddonofr2@ur.rochester.edu
Danielle has a BS in Psychology and Public Health from SUNY Brockport, and a MS in Higher Education from the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education. She is a Certified Education Specialist (CHES), a certified SafeZone Facilitator and has also completed the Trauma Informed Care certificate program from University of Buffalo. 

Courtney Earle

Manager, Health Promotion Initiatives
Pronouns: she/her/hers
cearle@ur.rochester.edu
Courtney has a BS in Public Health and Women and Gender Studies from SUNY Brockport. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).

Zoe Black

Department Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
zblack@ur.rochester.edu
Zoe has a BA in Health, Behavior, and Society, as well as a BA in Business from the University of Rochester. She is a certified SafeZone Facilitator and has completed her College Health and Wellness Professional certificate from the American College Health Association (ACHA). 

Aliya Peremel

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
aperemel@u.rochester.edu
Aliya is a junior majoring in Russian & Health Policy.  

Ella Klopfer

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
eklopfer@u.rochester.edu
Ella is a junior majoring in Bioethics with minors in Anthropology and Legal Studies. She is on a pre-law track and hopes to work in public health law one day.

Faith Floyd

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
ffloyd2@u.rochester.edu
Faith is a sophomore majoring in Public Health and International Relations with a minor in legal studies on the pre-med track.

Giovanny Ramirez

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: he/him/his
gramire6@u.rochester.edu
Giovanny is studying Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy and a minor in Legal Studies.

Liliya Bogdanova

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
lbogdano@u.rochester.edu
Liliya is a senior majoring in Honors Psychology with a minor in Religion.

Madison Zeng

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
mzeng7@u.rochester.edu
Madison is studying Public Health with a concentration in Health, Behavior, and Society while adhering to the Pre-Medical Track. 

Talia Christopher

Peer Health Advocate
Pronouns: she/her/hers
tchris12@u.rochester.edu
Talia is a sophomore studying Health Policy with minors in Statistics and Medical Anthropology.