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NEI Ambassador

​​​Meet your NEI ​NIH Well-being Ambassador!​
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Hello! My name is​

Natalie Haynes


I'm so glad to be of service as your NEI NIH Well-being Ambassador representative!​​​



​​I'll Be Your NIH Well-being Ambassador!​​

I'm very excited that I get to work with our staff!

In this role I will:
  1. ​Serve as a liaison to the ORS and its wellness partners (NIH Health and Wellness Council, NIH Child Care Board, Aging and Adult-Dependent Care Committee, and the Work-Life Committee).
  2. Represent and promote our IC's initiatives and research.
  3. Actively engage and support integrating well-being into our culture. 
  4. Receive suggestions and recommendations from our staff and the NIH community.
  5. Communicate to the appropriate stakeholder groups and provide input for consideration to the ORS on well-being initiatives, programs, and activities.
  6. Where possible, the Well-being Ambassador will participate in various stakeholder workgroups and committees. ​


Fun Facts About Me

I went to a program at Montgomery College in Rockville Maryland called the Graduate Transition Program

It taught me basic classes like Math and Science. I graduated from the Graduate Transition Program in 2018.



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I've been working​ in the Federal Government ​for 2 ½ years

​Before starting at NIH I was in a program called Project Search which is a program for young adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities with the help of project search and their training I was able to gain new work skills that I use each day at my job. 

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I come from a family of entrepreneurs

​My mom is a daycare provider she runs a daycare out of my home. My dad is an artist he has his in-home studio in my basement.






Well-being
  • ​Well-being is the state in which every individual:
    1. realizes his or her own potential;
    2. copes with the normal stresses of life;
    3. works productively; and
    4. is able to make a contribution to their community

  • The five interrelated well-being elements are: FinancialPhysicalSocialCommunity, and Career.​​​​
Well-being Ambassadors Program
  • ​​Mission:​
  • – Work directly with key well-being stakeholders to promote, support, and engage the NIH community in advancing the concept of well-being and associated IC initiatives. 

  • Duties and Responsibilities:
  • – Liaison to the Office of Research Services (ORS) and its well-being stakeholder groups that actively support and engage in activities that support employee well-being.​
    – Advocate who actively engages and supports integrating well-being into the IC’s culture.​​​

“The Whole Person Comes to Work”

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"We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own to-do list."

​- Michelle Obama

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​​Thank you for getting to know me, Your NIH Well-being Ambassador.

​I am grateful for the warm welcome!​​