Art is Wellness with Jerome Viloria

About this episode

Jerome Viloria discusses the integration of identity into art and public health within the AAPI community.

On this episode of the podcast, we have Jerome Viloria, who I met through the dance community. Our journeys have followed similar journeys of integrating our identity into our art and our careers serving the AAPI community, through the theme of art as a form of wellness. Jerome is a queer, non-binary public health professional based in Astoria, NY by way of the Hudson Valley. With a BA in Biology and minor in Philippine Studies, they moved on to pursue an MPH in Community Health Sciences & Practice at NYU, answering a call to destigmatize sexual and mental health by means of community-level education. As a mid-career level public health practitioner, they have amassed experience in sexual and mental health research; community programming; grant writing; academic advising; and teaching at the University-level. On the artistic side, they have been a musician and dancer for 17 years, covering strings (violin, viola, cello), percussion (piano, kulintang), indigenous dance (Maranao, Maguindanao, T’boli, Tausug, and Yakan), modern (hip-hop, jazz funk, waacking), and singing (tenor). They have the best of both worlds, helping  forge a path to something only they can create…

People in this episode

Guest: Jerome Viloria

Topics covered

• art as wellness
• AAPI community
• public health
• identity
• community engagement
• mental health
• sexual health

Keywords

• art
• wellness
• public health
• AAPI
• community education
• mental health
• sexual health
• identity
• non-binary
• Doctor of Public Health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kapwa Yoga LLC, NYU, University

Places: Astoria, NY, Hudson Valley

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