Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 2

Welcome back to PreventConnect and Part 2 of Alex Pecoraro and Ashleigh sitting down to talk about prevention with a fresh perspective.

If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first. Alex shares how she started learning prevention skills as a peer educator, and key differences between direct service and coalition-level prevention work. 

In Part 2, Alex shares how she approaches big ideas and turns them into practice, including the importance of reaching out when work feels heavy. Alex and Ashleigh’s conversation highlights the importance of community and long-term thinking in primary prevention.