Alex Socorro, CPT, CPhT, NCPT
Clinical Director, RCHW
(he/him)

I am a transgender advocate and public speaker, a health care worker, husband, artist, and parent of 2. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and was very involved in music, art, and giving back to the community. I was raised Jewish and use my upbringing to promote cultural sensitivity and diversity. I moved to Southern Illinois to attend SIU in 2003. I fell in love with the people and community here, and I am happy to call it home. I have many years of experience in the healthcare field and animal health (dogs, cats and horses). As a young adult, I founded a no-kill animal rescue and offered an equine training, boarding, and rehabilitation program. 

In my adult life, I have continued to pursue my passion of helping people in many different capacities. I am a certified Pharmacy Technician (CphT) and certified Immunizer, and provide vaccinations at a local pharmacy in Southern Illinois. In my role as an immunizer, I developed injection methods that are more comfortable for patients and structured a training enhancement program for Pharmacy Technicians based on those methods. In 2023, I completed training through the Illinois Public Health Association as a Community Health Worker and HIV Testing & Prevention Counseling. I continued my education and became certified as a Clinical Phlebotomist.

I am honored by the opportunities to serve our community using the knowledge from my past experience, along with the new skills I've learned for my position as Clinical Director at Rainbow Community Health & Wellness.

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Contact Alex

Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: 1-5pm Tuesday-Friday
118 N Illinois Ave
​Carbondale IL 62901

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