The Professionals in Aging Award recognizes up-and-coming individuals within the aging field who are positively impacting the senior community. They bring fresh ideas, new projects and lots of energy to the aging field and help our community to continue to support seniors in Colorado; recognizes individuals who are just starting to study and work in the field of aging and are under the age of 50.
The Professionals in Aging Award recognizes up-and-coming individuals within the aging field who are positively impacting the senior community. They bring fresh ideas, new projects and lots of energy to the aging field and help our community to continue to support seniors in Colorado; recognizes individuals who are just starting to study and work in the field of aging and are under the age of 50.
Meet the 2025 Young Professional in Aging Award recipient, Natascha Wilson of Denver.
Natascha Wilson
Natascha WilsonNatascha is one of The Society’s success stories. She interned with The Society when she was a studied at Metro State College.
Shortly, after graduation, she was hired as a Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) counselor at Centura Hospital (now Common Spirit). It was her skills and extensive knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and Long Term Care Options, as well as a variety of public and government benefit programs that landed her that job.
Today she continues to be a SHIP counselor with Benefits in Action with a volunteer corps that provide Medicare counseling and support to her in this work.
She enjoys a deep sense of satisfaction in helping older adults obtain the benefits to which they are entitled.
Past Recipients
Previous recipients of the Young Professional in Aging Award include Chandra Matthews, Colorado Access (2013), Shannon Gimbel, Denver Regional Council of Governments (2014), Ky Agnew, PASCO (2015), Chad James, The Center at Lowry (2016), Kelly O’Connor, Senior Care Authority (2017), Nanae Ito, (2018), Shane Thomas (2019), Nicole Schiavone (2020), Jarrett Hughes (2020), Kendall Rubottom (2021), Shelby Parker (2021), Raeinalyn Salcedo (2022), Chaundra Price (2022), Kelly Bacher (2022), Kayla Rivera (2023) and Rachel Robertson (2024).