[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO CORALYN ANDRESTAYLOR--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF 
                                THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 12, 2020

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Coralyn 
AndresTaylor of the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, 
California.
  Coralyn AndresTaylor has more than thirty years of public health 
education program development, implementation and management. Her 
lifelong passion for public health began with her undergraduate degree 
in Dietetics from the University of California, Davis and then moving 
on to earn a Master's in Public Health from the University of 
California, Berkeley. Upon receiving her master's degree, Coralyn was 
admitted to the prestigious Assembly Fellowship Program at the 
California State Capitol where her interests and education in policy, 
finance, and health converged during her work with the Assembly Ways 
and Means Health Subcommittee.
  Ms. AndresTaylor, MPH, RDN, CLE, CHES is currently the Department 
Administrator for PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital's Community Health 
Education Department and Lactation Resource Center. Her department 
oversees nutrition, cardiovascular health, stroke, perinatal health, 
breastfeeding, and diabetes. Since chronic diseases such as diabetes 
are both common and costly, Coralyn has a longstanding interest in 
prevention and educates individual patients and their family members in 
creating lifelong healthy habits. As a master's-prepared Registered 
Dietician Nutritionist, Certified Health Education Specialist, 
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instructor and Certified Lactation 
Educator, she has applied her knowledge and skills for the benefit of 
diverse ethnic and disadvantaged communities throughout Los Angeles 
County. She continued to serve her community when she was appointed a 
Los Angeles City Health Commissioner in 2016.
  With a passion for making a difference in her community, Ms. 
AndresTaylor volunteers with LINC Housing to help the formerly 
homeless, and people in need of affordable housing move to a stable 
living environment. Coralyn is well-regarded in her faith-based 
community frequently serving as Lector at Sunday morning services, and 
volunteers as a Eucharistic minister at Our Mother of Good Counsel 
Church in Los Feliz. She also participates in and plans the Women's 
Cornerstone retreats and Faith Sharing groups for her church.
  Coralyn and her husband, Peter have lived in Silver Lake for the past 
thirty-one years where they raised their two wonderful daughters, 
Andrea and Allyson. At home, Coralyn is the chief infection control and 
safety officer who frequently reminds her family and friends to wash 
hands, use sunscreen and wear bike helmets.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Coralyn 
AndresTaylor.

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