Zakiyah Morris had no idea what a community health worker does when she applied for the job two years ago. But the 26-year-old East Point resident has since become the face of public health in the city just south of Atlanta.
Morris works for a Morehouse School of Medicine project focused on improving health equity in East Point, which has a population of about 38,000. She’s so closely associated with the project that residents call her “Miss Morehouse.”
Morris makes it a point to be visible in the community, setting up tables at events to ask people about their health challenges and pointing them to resources that can help. By forging personal connections as a neighbor, she works to help build trust with the Morehouse School of Medicine research project.
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