OLLI at Humboldt Brown Bag Lunch Presentation 9/28/26: Building Brain Healthy Habits with Vanessa Souza, Senior Manager, Community Engagement, Alzheimer's Association of Northern California & Northern Nevada: Research shows there are everyday habits you can build today to help protect your memory and thinking in the future – even reducing your risk of cognitive decline and possibly dementia. Changing one habit has a ripple effect on others. Even small actions add up to big improvements.

Building Brain-Healthy Habits, an education program presented by the Alzheimer’s Association®, provides research-backed guidance on brain health and the importance of taking action to protect your brain at every age.

In this program you will:

• Learn about healthy habits for your brain, like exercising and eating right.
• Hear why brain health is important at all ages.
• Build a personalized action plan for brain-healthy habits.

Now is the time to build healthy habits. Join us to learn how you can take positive steps to help you live better now and protect your memory and thinking as you get older.

Vanessa Souza is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a focus on supporting older adults, caregivers, and people with chronic illness. She works as the senior manager for Community Engagement at the Alzheimer's Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada. Vanessa holds a bachelor of social work from Seattle University and an M.S. in social administration from Case Western Reserve University.