Our Staff
Youth Program Cincinnati, OH
Ellen White – Teaching Assistant
Ellen White is in her fourth year at Healthy Visions as a Teacher’s Assistant and Administrative Staff. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, she moved to Northern Kentucky where she spent most of her life. She graduated from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in English/Creative Writing and met her husband there, who is Landrá’ (Dra’) White, Program Director, at Healthy Visions. Ellen is a strong advocate for personal development and helping others achieve their highest potential. She combines this passion with her attention to detail, the ability to see and understand people, and uses her observation and writing skills to contribute ideas on how to better serve today’s youth and to help with the organization’s Continuous Quality Improvement.
Ellen enjoys browsing bookstores, supporting small local businesses, finding local treats and restaurants, deep conversations, thinking about life, and traveling. She also serves alongside her husband in their local church, counsels others, and educates people on how to live a holistic, organic lifestyle. She’s been married to her husband, Dra’, for ten years and they currently live in Northern Kentucky with their sweet Maltichon named Yuki. They are proud parents of two year old Theo and are expecting a new baby in 2023.
Jonelle Zachary
Jonelle Zachary has been with the Healthy Visions team serving in multiple capacities. A Cincinnati native, Jonelle graduated from Mount Notre Dame High School before attending Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, and Xavier University Cincinnati, OH with dual Liberal Arts degrees in Philosophy and Economics. She recently received her Executive MBA from Xavier University. Alongside her work at Healthy Visions, Jonelle is actively a Master Trainer for relationship curricula for adults involved directly in working with youth through The Dibble Institute. Jonelle holds certifications in Trauma Competent Care, Mental Health First Aid, Risk Avoidance Education, and many other topics.
Before working with Healthy Visions, Jonelle worked in the retail industry for over 15 years, serving many roles including sales, project management, procurement, and merchandising up through tasks and skillsets involved with managing as a corporate executive with a major retailer.
Jonelle has a passion for speaking and people, particularly empowering others. She drives engagement with her audiences through presence, content, and delivery, often resulting in individual follow-ups from audience members. With an innate ability to make anyone feel like an old friend after only a few minutes, Jonelle’s strengths consist of connecting with audiences by bringing her own experiences and continued learning perspectives, allowing for audiences to experience the message through real-world connections.
Due to her ability to apply design thinking and innovative approaches to strategies and materials, Jonelle is also serving national and international audiences as the content creator, host, and executor of her podcast. Her brand and podcast are nationally recognized, reaching hundreds of listeners/followers weekly over the internet and social media platforms with messages of perspective and positivity. When not engaging audiences at work or creating material for her podcast, you can find Jonelle spending time devoted to her family, in the gym, salsa dancing, or spending time with her friends. Jonelle’s vision is to equip audiences with confidence and knowledge to become empowered in their many endeavors.
Jonelle Zachary has been with the Healthy Visions team serving in multiple capacities. A Cincinnati native, Jonelle graduated from Mount Notre Dame High School before attending Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, and Xavier University Cincinnati, OH with dual Liberal Arts degrees in Philosophy and Economics. She recently received her Executive MBA from Xavier University. Alongside her work at Healthy Visions, Jonelle is actively a Master Trainer for relationship curricula for adults involved directly in working with youth through The Dibble Institute. Jonelle holds certifications in Trauma Competent Care, Mental Health First Aid, Risk Avoidance Education, and many other topics.
Before working with Healthy Visions, Jonelle worked in the retail industry for over 15 years, serving many roles including sales, project management, procurement, and merchandising up through tasks and skillsets involved with managing as a corporate executive with a major retailer.
Jonelle has a passion for speaking and people, particularly empowering others. She drives engagement with her audiences through presence, content, and delivery, often resulting in individual follow-ups from audience members. With an innate ability to make anyone feel like an old friend after only a few minutes, Jonelle’s strengths consist of connecting with audiences by bringing her own experiences and continued learning perspectives, allowing for audiences to experience the message through real-world connections.
Due to her ability to apply design thinking and innovative approaches to strategies and materials, Jonelle is also serving national and international audiences as the content creator, host, and executor of her podcast. Her brand and podcast are nationally recognized, reaching hundreds of listeners/followers weekly over the internet and social media platforms with messages of perspective and positivity. When not engaging audiences at work or creating material for her podcast, you can find Jonelle spending time devoted to her family, in the gym, salsa dancing, or spending time with her friends. Jonelle’s vision is to equip audiences with confidence and knowledge to become empowered in their many endeavors.
Jonelle Zachary
LaTonia Jackson
LaTonia Jackson has been with Healthy Visions since November 2016 as a Classroom Facilitator and Training Coordinator. LaTonia graduated from Middletown High School and Miami University. She is a compassionate and outgoing professional with over ten years of extensive experience as a Licensed Social Worker, Therapist, Case Manager and Advocate. LaTonia is committed to working with culturally and underserved populations and has practiced working with youth who have experienced various forms of trauma. Other certifications LaTonia holds include; Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant, Mental Health First Aid, evidence based TYRO Right of Passage, SRAE, CPR and First Aid. When not speaking to youth you may find LaTonia at the gym improving her fitness, creating a painting or handknitting a cozy blanket. LaTonia has a due diligence to impart wisdom and care into our youth. She is a person who desires to empower, equip, and edify so that youth can live vibrant lives while thriving on their own terms.
Adam Simmons, is currently in his seventh year with Healthy Visions as a Youth Serving Professional (which encompasses various tasks and projects to serve youth). Currently, Adam is a part of the in-classroom team which serves urban and suburban schools with a Sexual Risk Avoidance Curriculum. Adam loves to produce videos and music for Healthy Visions and for personal hobbies. He is a local to Cincinnati having graduated from Northwest High school and furthered his education at Cincinnati State Technical Community College. Focusing in Early Childhood Education, Adam found his passion for teaching increased and also continued in that direction as he leads in church youth groups throughout the Cincinnati Area. Adam is very driven to bring joy into every classroom and encounter. He adapts to the needs of the students and presents with passion and authenticity. Adam has certifications to teach 6 SRAE (Sexual Risk Avoidance Education) curriculums and over 100 hours of CEUs including Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant Certification, Trauma Competent Care, and Mental Health First Aid. At home, Adam and his wife Olivia enjoy time with their dog Juniper, listening to vintage records, and playing board games. Adam loves playing music with friends and family and all outdoor activities.
Adam Simmons
Adam Simmons
Adam Simmons, is currently in his seventh year with Healthy Visions as a Youth Serving Professional (which encompasses various tasks and projects to serve youth). Currently, Adam is a part of the in-classroom team which serves urban and suburban schools with a Sexual Risk Avoidance Curriculum. Adam loves to produce videos and music for Healthy Visions and for personal hobbies. He is a local to Cincinnati having graduated from Northwest High school and furthered his education at Cincinnati State Technical Community College. Focusing in Early Childhood Education, Adam found his passion for teaching increased and also continued in that direction as he leads in church youth groups throughout the Cincinnati Area. Adam is very driven to bring joy into every classroom and encounter. He adapts to the needs of the students and presents with passion and authenticity. Adam has certifications to teach 6 SRAE (Sexual Risk Avoidance Education) curriculums and over 100 hours of CEUs including Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant Certification, Trauma Competent Care, and Mental Health First Aid. At home, Adam and his wife Olivia enjoy time with their dog Juniper, listening to vintage records, and playing board games. Adam loves playing music with friends and family and all outdoor activities.
Chase Adlard
Chase Adlard is a Cincinnati native and graduated from Moeller High School. After graduating from the University of Dayton with a degree in social justice, Chase took science classes at Cincinnati State.
He has a passion for helping people and understanding the plight of others. This led him to join the Christian Appalachian Project for one year after college where Chase built porches and ramps for those with limited mobility due to age or health conditions. This was a very rewarding experience and taught Chase about what others go through living in poorer parts of the country. From here, Chase decided to deepen his education to include technology. He pursued technology certificates and worked for the logistics side of Comcast Business in West Chester, Ohio. While doing this broadened Chase’s horizons on how the technology worked, he missed the camaraderie between people in programs designed to help people. This brought Chase to Healthy Visions. He loves the intersection where technology and people overlap and loves how being a teaching assistant allows him to interact with students in the classroom and get the necessary information to make Healthy Visions successful.
In his free time, Chase enjoys listening to audiobooks, hiking, biking, and snowboarding. He loves taking his dog, Sophie, on different excursions outdoors as well. He loves traveling near and far, but also can be a bit of a homebody watching movies and TV shows. Chase believes all different types of experiences are valuable and can help enrich the lives of ourselves and those we share those experiences with. Chase believes that sharing different experiences about himself allows the students to feel comfortable and open to sharing their different experiences and stories as well.
Seth Long
Seth Long is a Cincinnati native and is in his third year at Healthy Visions. He has been a huge support on the administrative side of things. He has helped with our data collection process to make it as easy and efficient as possible. Seth very much enjoys the administrative side of the organization, He is very analytical, pays close attention to detail, and is very organized which makes him a great fit for the work he does for Healthy Visions. He has recently stepped into the role of scheduler for HV and enjoys the opportunity of getting to build relationships with the people we partner with to serve our youth. He is looking forward to interacting more with our youth as he is also stepping into a Teaching Assistant role. Seth loves the opportunities He gets to work with our youth as his goal is for each one of them to be seen, known, and loved.
In his free time, Seth enjoys doing an array of different activities. Among the top of that list are golf, being in nature, disc golf, reading, watching movies, and even tennis. His family and friends are very important to him and a huge part of his life. Seth is an introvert, so he is much more likely to be in the company of a few friends or family rather than out and about with large groups of people. He loves to laugh and be goofy with those closest to him. He accepts people for who they are and enjoys really getting to know people and talking about the important things in life. He believes that everyone has their own unique story worth telling and would love to hear it when given the chance.
Seth Long is a Cincinnati native and is in his third year at Healthy Visions. He has been a huge support on the administrative side of things. He has helped with our data collection process to make it as easy and efficient as possible. Seth very much enjoys the administrative side of the organization, He is very analytical, pays close attention to detail, and is very organized which makes him a great fit for the work he does for Healthy Visions. He has recently stepped into the role of scheduler for HV and enjoys the opportunity of getting to build relationships with the people we partner with to serve our youth. He is looking forward to interacting more with our youth as he is also stepping into a Teaching Assistant role. Seth loves the opportunities He gets to work with our youth as his goal is for each one of them to be seen, known, and loved.
In his free time, Seth enjoys doing an array of different activities. Among the top of that list are golf, being in nature, disc golf, reading, watching movies, and even tennis. His family and friends are very important to him and a huge part of his life. Seth is an introvert, so he is much more likely to be in the company of a few friends or family rather than out and about with large groups of people. He loves to laugh and be goofy with those closest to him. He accepts people for who they are and enjoys really getting to know people and talking about the important things in life. He believes that everyone has their own unique story worth telling and would love to hear it when given the chance.
Seth Long