Board and Staff

Sandra (“Sandy”) Glazer, MSW, LCSW, is the Executive Director for the Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition.  She has over 25 years experience in community and public health, working the last 10 years in Maternal and Child Health.  She has worked directly with pregnant women and families of infants and children providing health education, parenting education, breastfeeding education, mental health counseling, and care coordination.  While she was a supervisor for Healthy Start program service providers, she was responsible for QA and QI there, staff training, client services, and designed training and curriculum aimed at reducing infant mortality and increasing positive parenting.

Sandy most recently has worked as a Consultant with the Infant, Maternal, and Reproductive Health section of the Florida Department of Health where she was involved in policy and programming design and implementation for programs with the goal of positive pregnancy outcomes.  She is certified as a parenting educator, a childbirth educator, a tobacco treatment specialist, a lactation counselor, and a CPR/BLS instructor.

Sandy is an FSU graduate, and has lived in Tallahassee for 20 years.  She is the proud mother of two wonderful adult children, Jasmine and Kody.   Sandy states she is “Very excited be here at the Coalition, continuing in the important area of maternal and child health with goals of reducing infant mortality.  Working in this field is my passion!”

Email:   sandy@CapitalAreaHealthyStart.org

Phone:  850.488.0288 ext 110

Anya Monroe joined CAHSC as the FIMR Program Coordinator and Outreach Specialist in August 2019. She has over 12 years of experience with public and community health, as well as 6 years in maternal health.  Anya understands maternal and child health programs, home visiting programs, social service issues, community action programs, and experience with serving low-income communities.

She graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration from Florida A&M University in 2004. During her matriculation, she enrolled in a Public Health class. The focus was the issue of infant mortality among African American women in the United States. Anya was so intrigued and realized that reducing the incidence of infant mortality was her calling. She began working in that field as a Prenatal Case Manager at a local community health center. She went on to graduate school and received her Masters’ of Public Health (MPH) specializing in Social and Behavioral Sciences in 2016.

Anya is an Army Brat but considers Miami, Florida, home. She is the proud mother of one son, who is currently enrolled at her Alma Mater.  Anya enjoys traveling, shopping, good food, and pampering herself in her spare time. She is an avid animal lover and has 2 rescue cats. She hopes to bring more awareness and reduce infant mortality in her community.