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NIAID Ambassador

​Meet your NIAID NIH Well-being Ambassador!


Hello! My name is 

Michon Bunch


​I'm so glad to be of service as your NIAID 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 work in the Office of Property & General Services

​As a Management Analyst, I  am responsible for editing and creating intranet content, responding to privacy coordinator requests/breaches and approving Report of Survey documents for lost/damaged equipment among other administrative duties.

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Helping others is my ministry.

​Prior to joining the government in 2007, I worked as a patient care tech at Children's National Medical Center on the Oncology and Hematology unit. As a Well-being Ambassador at NIAID,  I'm able to tap into some skills I learned at that time.​




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I am a creative and love to write and curate experiences for others.

​My role as a Well-being Ambassador allows me to write and use my creativity to help others on their wellness journey which is a form of self-care for me.​​





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: Financial, Physical, Social, Community, and Career.​
Well-being Ambassadors Program
  • ​​Mission:

    • – Work directly with key wellbeing stakeholders to promote, support, and engage the NIH community in advancing the concept of wellbeing 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 wellbeing.​
    – Advocate who actively engages and supports integrating wellbeing into the IC’s culture.​​​

“The Whole Person Comes to Work”

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​Organizational Vision


"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."  

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu​​

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

I am grateful for the warm welcome!​