re:verb health
CONSULTING + COACHING + CREATIVE HUB
ROZA DO, MPH, MCP
Founder + Principal
About me
I was born in Rhode Island, the youngest daughter of six children to Vietnamese refugees, and call Gardena, California home where my family eventually settled. In 2001, I moved to Berkeley, as a first-generation college student, and fell in love with the Bay Area ever since. I currently reside/am rooted in Oakland with my partner, our two young sons, and rescue pup.
Over my career journey, which began in public health and evolved into consulting for mission-driven organizations, I have dedicated myself to the service work of coaching and mentoring young people, emerging leaders, and career changers. My passion lies in guiding those seeking to navigate the health professions, step into their power as leaders and co-conspirators, and cultivate their creative practices in more abundant ways, especially in community with other BIPOC women and femmes. This alignment between inner work and social impact is at the heart of my own practice and what I aspire to create in the world—a space where creativity, care, and community intersect to drive radical change.
My creative practice is driven by the transformative power of arts and culture to advance social justice. I am a member of and the resident tour DJ for Oakland-based hip-hop artists/activists - journalist and emcee, Rocky Rivera and Grammy Award-winning children’s music group, Alphabet Rockers. Over the past 20 years, we have performed around the country and abroad at venues and festivals including John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, KQED Live, Lollapalooza, Manila FlipTop Festival, National Museum of African American History & Culture, SF/Oakland Pride, and SXSW.
Other projects I am exploring (and seeking interested collaborators) are virtual and place-based art activations centered on collective care, healing, and health justice, and as sites for community-engaged inquiry and power building, organizational culture (re)building, world-building... and other emerging possibilities!
About my previous work
I bring 15 years of experience in program design, strategy, and capacity building in health care and community health across non-profit and public sectors in the Bay Area.
Prior to consulting, I helped launch and lead implementation of statewide grantmaking initiatives and learning collaboratives supporting safety net clinics and hospitals to improve health and social outcomes in historically marginalized communities, including:
+ coaching and building capabilities in human-centered design to grow a network of frontline change catalysts
+ establishing and facilitating innovation hubs to test and spread digital health solutions in under-resourced care and community settings
+ developing strategies and lessons learned for integrating prevention and equity into policies and practices to address the social and structural determinants of health
My additional experience includes strategic planning, program management, research and evaluation partnering with health care organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies on regional and national initiatives focused on:
+ improving quality of care for individuals with chronic illness/complex needs
+ evaluating impact of regional community health initatives for healthy eating and active living
+ developing a district-wide full-service community schools strategic plan to advance equity in student learning, health, and well-being
I received a joint Master of Public Health degree in health policy and management and Master of City Planning in housing, community, and economic development from UC Berkeley.
About re:verb health
An evolution of my consulting practice since 2017, re:verb health merges my creative labor and community health experience to build vibrant communities of practice with a shared purpose to re:imagine how we work together, re:claim who defines and what counts as successful change, and re:generate our relationships with each other in connection to our planet.