This is Whole Health: Amanda Mendez

Mandy Mendez Edit2“Through the Pediatric Mobile Clinic, I have seen our most vulnerable patients receive health services they are unable to obtain otherwise. Through everything from vaccines that allow our children to attend school, to physical and emotional support for their previous and current concerns, the Pediatric Mobile Clinic is touching hearts and lives directly within our communities.”

Amanda Mendez
Family Nurse Practitioner
Pediatrics, HSC Health

What areas of whole health are part of this story?

  • Mental Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Physical Health
  • Financial Health
  • Community

To learn more about HSC’s Whole Health Initiative, go to unthsc.edu/wholehealth. If you have an example of how you have implemented one or more whole health areas and want to be featured in the “This is Whole Health” series, please email news@unthsc.edu.

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