Mona joined the PAETC staff in May, 2001, after five years as a Program Manager with the F.J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center at UCSF, one of three CDC- funded model centers of TB excellence in the country. She previously developed and managed training programs on occupational and environmental health for 12 years, and before that focused on women's health issues. Mona has an MPH in Health Education from University of California at Berkeley.