Véronëque ignace, mph
Public Health Research. Strategy. Cultural Activism. Performance Art.
As a Flatbush, Brooklyn native with a background in public health practice, community-based participatory research, and cultural activism, Véronëque Ignace develops and leads transdisciplinary community engagement efforts, rooted in social change, and seeking to improve community health. Through applied public health practice in diverse spaces, she has steered strategy, program planning, evaluation, and research to facilitate growth, racial equity policies, and orientation toward socio-political community engagement at non-profits, grassroots groups, larger arts institutions, and health organizations.
Given her dedication to a rigorous understanding of health and advocacy, Ignace founded the Brooklyn-based action group, Kriyol Collective, in 2016 to offer consulting services in strategic planning, programmatic and operational development, and creative ideation, using arts practices rooted in oral history and movement, public health, and community organizing. In 2018, she began actively building an archive for Lakou Societe St. Michel Archange. Currently, Ignace serves as the NYC FloodNet Community Engagement Manager and is a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health.
Given her dedication to a rigorous understanding of health and advocacy, Ignace founded the Brooklyn-based action group, Kriyol Collective, in 2016 to offer consulting services in strategic planning, programmatic and operational development, and creative ideation, using arts practices rooted in oral history and movement, public health, and community organizing. In 2018, she began actively building an archive for Lakou Societe St. Michel Archange. Currently, Ignace serves as the NYC FloodNet Community Engagement Manager and is a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health.