Meet The UConn Rescue Instructor Team
AHA Training Site Coordinator
Hello everyone. I'm Justin and I've been a part of UConn Rescue since 2015 just after it was founded. I am responsible for the creation of the training program. I have been working in EMS since I was 14 years old and I love teaching and working with our instructor team. I now serve as the Training Site Coordinator from the American Heart Association, overseeing all training compliance at UConn Rescue. I graduated from UConn in May of 2019 and I have been working since August 2019 as a Registered Nurse in the Medical ICU at Hartford Hospital.
UConn Rescue has a team of 20 American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) instructors and 11 Stop the Bleed instructors. We work hard to consistently offer the highest-quality, most accessible and affordable classes to the University of Connecticut community.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructors:
Ajitha Chivukula
Jillian Fernandes
Sophia Quintana
Maribella Sousa
Grace Azzara
Samantha Ballas
Julia Chrostowski
Olivia Babick
Abigail Andrade^
Michael Kosover^
Andrew Tsao^
Christopher Thompson^
Emily Blackburn^
Jessica Daley^
Nick Zeleny**
Jonathan Huzil**
Justin Pedneault**
Mitali Banerjee**
Jaelle Hersey**
Justin You**
** Alumni Instructor
^Joined Team in Spring 2020
Stop the Bleed Instructors:
Ajitha Chivukula
Michael Kosover
Sandhya Sanapala
Andrew Tsao
Pascal Preudhomme
Nick Zeleny**
Jonathan Huzil**
Justin Pedneault**
Mitali Banerjee**
Jaelle Hersey**
Justin You**
** Alumni Instructor
