Multicultural Outreach Lead, Fors Marsh
Mariana serves at the multicultural outreach lead for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) COVID-19 Public Education Campaign at Fors Marsh Group (FMG). Mariana is responsible for overseeing partnership development and implementation tasks for the campaign, including managing and coordinating the work of various agencies that target the Latino/Hispanic, African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and non-Hispanic White rural communities. She also oversees the implementation of outreach communications activities to support the promotion of the HHS’s We Can Do This/Juntos Sí Podemos campaign, which includes the production and dissemination of multimedia and multilingual communications products developed for partner organizations.
Mariana came to FMG from ICF Next, where she served as health communications senior manager. Over the course of her career at ICF Next, Ogilvy Washington, and the American Diabetes Association, Mariana led and advised health communication and marketing efforts focused on multicultural communities. Her past clients include the CDC, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Eye Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and LIVESTRONG.