NW Alliance Erie Office Announces New Staff


The Northwest Pennsylvania Rural AIDS Alliance (NW Alliance) has provided HIV services in the Erie community for over twenty years. Two new employees have recently joined the NW Alliance team and will be working in the Erie Office, Thanh Huynh and Sonny Concepcion. Thanh and Sonny will be providing and expanding the quality services of the NW Alliance. 


Thanh Huynh is a Medical Case Manager working in the Erie Office. Mr. Huynh received a Masters of Social work degree from Edinboro University. He has been working in Social Services with Veterans and the homeless population for the past three years. As a Medical Case Manager, Mr. Huynh's primarily role is to help HIV+ individuals access health and social services. Mr. Huynh coordinates linkage to a variety of community resources for clients, while ensuring quality services and advocating for client rights.


Sonny Concepcion is the new High Impact Prevention Coordinator. High Impact Prevention (HIP) is a new program for the NW Alliance. HIP is reaching communities highly impacted by HIV with education, prevention and linkage to care. Mr. Concepcion has worked in the HIV field in the Erie Community for twenty years. Mr. Concepcion provides interventions in the community and in individual settings to improve HIV risk reduction behaviors. He also makes referrals to link HIV+ individuals to care and needed services. Sonny does HIV testing, including rapid testing in a safe environment. For more info, call (814) 454-3811.