Brenda Reyes, CLC
Project Coordinator
Brenda Reyes has coordinated HealthConnect One’s Peer Counselor program since 2001, designing and delivering HC One’s training for breastfeeding peer counselors in low-income neighborhoods across Illinois. She was initially trained as a peer counselor by HC One, providing services at Stroger (formerly Cook County) Hospital. A well-respected and knowledgeable breastfeeding advocate, Brenda now conducts annual breastfeeding peer counselor trainings, trainings for front-line staff at health and social service agencies, is a frequent presenter of workshops for WIC and MCH case management staff, and collaborates with three partner agencies to provide effective and engaging peer counseling services for breastfeeding women in Chicago.
In addition, she is lead for HC One's Message and Messenger Project which looks at increasing umbilical cord blood donations among African-American and Hispanic Families.
She has served as both Secretary and Treasurer of the Chicago Region Breastfeeding Task Force, and is a current member. She also served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Sustainable Health Outreach, and on the Illinois WIC Peer Counselor Advisory Committee.
