Biography
Francene is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. She joined the Center for Indigenous Health in December of 2003 and is currently a Senior Research Associate and NARCH Director in Whiteriver, AZ.
For 18 years her work has focused on supporting and guiding White Mountain Apache tribal members to further their education in the health and sciences fields and overseeing behavioral health programs which include youth entrepreneurship, suicide prevention, and STI prevention just to name a few. She is one of the primary liaisons between Johns Hopkins, the Indian Health Service and the White Mountain Apache Tribe and is a certified Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (ASIST).
Francene understands the need for qualified tribal members to carry out health research programs in her community which can be accomplished by supporting community members and the youth to further their education. It is with this insight that she strives to promote health research in Native communities through community awareness, education and involvement.
She earned her Bachelor’s from Northern Arizona University in Business Administration with an emphasis in Enterprise in Society, her Masters of Science in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University and is currently a Doctorate of Behavioral Health Management candidate.
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for American Indian Adolescents
- Entrepreneurship Education: A Strengths-Based Approach
- Understanding the Relationship Between Substance Use and Self-Injury in Native American Youth
- Non-suicidal Self-Injury in an American Indian reservation community
- Toward Understanding Youth Suicide
