Ashley Koranteng (BS Community Health ’19) is recognized by Mason's Black Alumni Chapter.
Mason's Black Alumni Chapter recognized two CHHS alumni for their impact on the world and in their communities.
Ashley Koranteng, BS ’19 Ashley Koranteng is a recent Mason graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in community health. She is currently pursuing her accelerated master’s degree in public health, focusing on epidemiology. A Loudoun County, Virginia-native born to Ghanaian parents, Koranteng has a crosscultural background that has impacted the way she views public health, thereby sparking her interest in topics such as social determinants of health, food deserts, health promotion, and health equity. Apart from different aspects of public health, Koranteng is interested in social entrepreneurship. She loves meeting new people and learning from those in the field she aspires to make a difference in. Long term, Koranteng aspires to work in the fields of epidemiology and diseases prevention, as well as food allergy research, given that she has food allergies herself. She is also committed to continuing her social entrepreneurship ventures, such as AK Tutoring LLC and Rise and Thrive Inc. Her greatest passions are health education, encouraging and inspiring others to reach their full potential, education, and faith. In her spare time, she loves listening to music, learning, and spending time with her friends and family.
Erica J. Street, MPH ’16 Erica J. Street earned her master’s in public health in 2016 with a concentration in global and community health from George Mason University. She currently serves as an epidemiologist for the Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch in Silver Spring, Maryland. Street was a research assistant for both Mason’s Department of Global and Community Health and the Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, analyzing global injury prevalence, state-level vaccination coverage, and herd immunity data for publication. She studied health care workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infectious disease transmission in Swaziland, created HIV health impact profiles for more than 60 countries at Population Services International in Washington, D.C., and studied gang violence and community rehabilitation in El Salvador before moving to Atlanta to begin a fellowship at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Street began her CDC tenure as an ASPPH/CDC Public Health Fellow in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). Shortly thereafter, she joined the Division of Population Health’s Applied Research and Translation Branch as a public health evaluator with the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) program.