AmeriCorps Connections

🎧 Kate Morton: From AmeriCorps to Presidential Leadership
AmeriCorps Connections Podcast | Episode Title: “Purpose Finds You”

In this episode of the AmeriCorps Connections Podcast, host Nicki Fiocco reconnects with Kate Morton, an NCCC alum and fan-favorite from Episode 5 (March 2023). Now a Chief Clinical Officer at Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless and a Presidential Leadership Scholar, Kate returns to share how national service continues to shape her life—and how purpose has a way of finding you when you stay open to the signs.

From her early days as a pharmacy technician unsure of her path, to a transformative AmeriCorps year that led her to pharmacy school, Kate reflects on:
💊 Her mission-driven work in public health and addiction treatment
🏥 Building compassionate care systems for people experiencing homelessness
🇺🇸 Being selected for the Presidential Leadership Scholars program
🎨 The healing power of art, community, and dignity in healthcare
🌌 Trusting the universe and embracing the unexpected
✨ This episode is a reminder that service doesn’t end—it evolves.
📍 Listen to Kate’s first episode (Ep. 5): “Reshaping Your Future Through Service
📌 Learn more about Healthcare for the Homeless
Presidential Leadership Scholars

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What is AmeriCorps Connections?

The AmeriCorps Connections Podcast is a space where alumni, members, and partners share how national service shapes careers, communities, and lives. Hosted by AmeriCorps alum Nicki Fiocco, each episode highlights stories of resilience, leadership, and purpose—showing that while service terms may end, the impact and connections continue.

Tune in each week on your favorite podcast platform to listen, follow, subscribe, and share. Check it out and be part of the ongoing story of service.

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