MARGARET LANCASTER

Margaret is a native of New London, CT. She is a Senior Health Program Coordinator, Peer Navigator and Community Health Worker at Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) in New London, CT. She has made it her chosen profession to work in human and social services, community outreach, and advocacy for both community and statewide services and needs. Margaret has worked across the state in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford obtaining training, certifications, skills and knowledge that has given her the opportunity to do the work she is passionate about and has done for over 20 years. Margaret is Minster at Madry Temple Church where she has served for 10 years, she is a Certified Full Spectrum  Birth Doula and Lactation Counselor and has served on numerous Executive Boards and Boards across the state, those being Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, Connecticut AIDs Residence Coalition now known as AIDS Connecticut (ACT), in Hartford CT, and Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) in New London. She currently serves on the Step-up New London Advisory Board in New London, and Ahavah House Advisory Board in Groton. Margaret is also a 2022 100 Women of Color honoree.