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 16 American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) instructors and 9 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:
Mitali Banerjee
Randy Kaoud
Jillian Fernandes
Ajitha Chivukula
Justin You
Sophia Quintana
Maribella Sousa*
Grace Azzara*
Samantha Ballas*
Julia Chrostowski*
Olivia Babick*
Hanna Sato*
Jaelle Hersey*
Nick Zeleny**
Jonathan Huzil**
Justin Pedneault**
*New BLS Instructor as of Spring 2019
** Alumni Instructor
Spring 2020 BLS Instructor Class Candidates:
Abigail Andrade
Michael Kosover
Andrew Tsao
Christopher Thompson
Emily Blackburn
Jessica Daley
Stop the Bleed Instructors:
Mitali Banerjee
Sarah Lukas
Jaelle Hersey
Callie Love
Justin You
Ajitha Chivukula
Michael Kosover
Sandhya Sanapala
Andrew Tsao
Justin Pedneault**
** Alumni Instructor
