Marvin "Plowboy" Page is an American mathematician, old-world farmer and highly experienced marketing director/social media analyst with a demonstrated history in the philanthropy industry. Skilled in negotiation, business planning, advertising, sales and entrepreneurship, he is a strong marketing professional with extensive academic credentials.

A proud alumnus of the Institute of Management Technology & Finance (MTF), Marvin graduated with highest honors. He holds over 50 business diplomas, including an Executive Diploma in Business Management and Administration, Executive Diploma in Business Strategy, Executive Diploma in Innovation Management, Professional Diploma in Customer Centricity & Design Thinking and a Professional Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and an Associate of Applied Sciences degree from Cambridge College.

Beyond his corporate expertise, Marvin is a massage therapist and chef by trade, deeply committed to the hospitality industry. A lifelong learner, he is widely recognized for his expertise in land management, organic farming practices and private organic quantitative field research conducted globally. His passion for food, farming, and physics defines his work, earning him a reputation as a trusted private resource for various companies, backed by world-class references.

With an accredited track record as a remote contract/corporate professional and executive chef, Marvin has spent 26 years in the industry, honorably cooking and serving over 3 million meals—a number that continues to grow. Additionally, he has dedicated over a decade to spreading neurodivergent awareness, emphasizing that awareness takes many forms.

His food is not only picture-perfect—it’s downright flavorful. From seed to shelf and field to table, Marvin upholds HACCP standards, ensuring the highest quality. His deep knowledge of land, organic farming, and sustainability is further enriched by his unique perspective as a proudly dyslexic thinker, proving that experience is one of life’s greatest teachers.

Marvin is more than just a student—he is a teacher, mentor, and community leader, well-regarded for his expertise in social media, art, mathematics, plant sciences, and quantum physics. His research often includes hand-drawn drafts, illustrating his creative and analytical thinking.

Upon hearing about Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center from a colleague, Marvin explored the Tulane PACE Learning Management System. With just one look, he immediately started taking trainings.

The best thing about Tulane PACE LMS? As a single dad and busy social influencer, he found the flexibility invaluable. "I loved taking the Tulane PACE LMS courses and highly recommend them to anyone looking to better themselves. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

With over 300 CE credits from the Tulane PACE LMS part of his skill set, Marvin looks forward to continuing his education, pursuing a Master’s in Environmental Public Health in the future. Thank you for being a Tulane PACE LMS super user, Marvin!

The Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center will be closed March 3-4, 2025 in observance of Mardi Gras. During this time, technical support for the

Tulane PACE Learning Management System will be extremely limited.

If you require technical assistance, please email trdirect@tulane.edu.

Regular operations will resume on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

We hope everybody has a safe and fun Mardi Gras!

“It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans.” - Mark Twain

Project ECHO is a virtual learning community that uses case-based learning, participant discussions, collaboratively problem-solving and brief expert presentations to share knowledge, support professional development and improve health outcomes for ECHO participants' patients and clients. Oklahoma’s CHW/CHR Project ECHO program, launched in December 2023, has been actively co-facilitated by Dr. Kerstin M. Reinschmidt, Principal Investigator of the Oklahoma Public Health Training Center.

The program is an excellent opportunity for CHWs and CHRs to connect with their peers, share knowledge, provide mutual support, and expand their professional networks. The program’s "all teach, all learn" approach has been highly appreciated by participants. Additionally, participants can earn continuing education credits for attending the sessions. Oklahoma’s CHW/CHR Project Echo now invites CHWs and CHRs from all Region 6 states to join its sessions.

For full details, please see the attached flyer.

The beginning of Oklahoma's legislative session means it's time to mark your calendars for OPHA's annual policy day, happening on Tuesday, April 15th! New for this year, 2025 Public Health Policy Day will be divided into two sessions – a hybrid, learning-only morning session at the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits and an in-person, advocacy afternoon session at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The morning session will be very similar to last year's programming, including time to mingle among tabling public health-aligned partner organizations, hearing from policy experts and advocates on public health bills this session and snacking on fan favorite Catalyst Cookies from ReMerge! In the afternoon, interested participants will gather at the State Capitol to advocate to lawmakers and assistants about public health, active bills, and policy important to you.

Public Health Policy Day is free for all to attend! Registration is already open for both sessions and we especially welcome public health graduate and undergraduate students, classes and programs from the numerous public health schools across the state to join us. Organizations interested in tabling at the morning session should contact OPHA Executive & Policy Director McKenzie Cowlbeck. Individuals or organizations interested in supporting one or both sessions with a sponsorship should also contact McKenzie. Donations to support OPHA and/or the event are welcomed and can be made during registration or on okpublichealth.org/donate.

Course Spotlight:

Improving Interpersonal Communication and Relationships

Course Description:

This training will help learners communicate with greater impact in all types of workplace interactions. Learners will learn about communication styles that work best in various situations, how to build and maintain trust, how to give and receive input and criticism, how to increase your impact at meetings, ways to improve inter-professional working relationships, how to deliver difficult messages, how to communicate with diplomacy and tact and how to deal with difficult behaviors more effectively. Whatever your job responsibilities or your position in the hierarchy, this course will offer you an assortment of strategies that can make a real difference in your interpersonal effectiveness and your ability to build and maintain satisfactory working relationships.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the roadblocks to perceptual accuracy and manage perceptions more effectively

• Send nonverbal messages and apply paralanguage in ways that build, rather than block, good working relationships

• Understand how misinterpretations can develop as a result of ambiguities in the English language, as well as the limitations of the English language in terms of non-extreme word choices

• Communicate in ways that are less likely to evoke defensive reactions in others

• Identify the barriers to effective listening and faulty listening habits. Identify the three components of effective active listening

• Describe the three choices for communication within the “Assertive Zone” and the two extreme styles that should be avoided in workplace communications

• Identify the characteristics of diplomatic communication



• Apply strategies for dealing with difficult behaviors, building trust, providing input, and giving/receiving constructive criticism



For more info about this training,

please click here.

Featured Course Bundle:

Data Into Actions for Tribes

Course Bundle Description:

The Data into Action for Tribes curriculum is designed to provide general guidance and understanding to increase the knowledge among tribal health departments of how to access available data from federal, state, and local resources for program planning surveillance, and data use.

The trainings included in this course bundle will cover several topics related to data, including an overview of epidemiology, sources of publicly-available data, conducting assessments and writing reports. 

Trainings in the Data into Action for Tribes course bundle include:

• Data into Action for Tribes: Conducting a Community Health Assessment - 1 hour

• Data into Action for Tribes: Introduction to Epidemiology - 1 hour

• Data into Action for Tribes: Publicly-Available Data Sources - 1 hour

• Weaving the Threads of Culture: Working Effectively with American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) - 1 hour

For more info about Data into Action for Tribes course bundle, please click here.

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