Program Coordinator, Institute for Hispanic Health

Expertise

Research; program development, including inception, implementation, and evaluation of health education, promotion, and disease prevention activities

Education

Master's degree, public health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; bachelor's degree, anthropology, Stony Brook University

Background

Current Position: Leadership and guidance in the development and implementation of the Georgia Latino/Hispanic Health Agenda and Leadership Project, documenting the most pressing health needs of the Latino community in Georgia and identifying methods to address these needs; collaboration with well-established organizations to increase their capacity to advocate for changes to health care policy and programs at all levels

Previous Position(s): Health educator, Project Afiya, Emory University; health educator and ACASI monitor, Project HORIZONS, Emory University; research assistant, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Department, Emory University

Selected Publications

Latino Health, Georgia's Future: Strategies for Improving the Health of Latinos in the State, coauthored with Liany Elba Arroyo (April 2007)

Latinos in Georgia: A Closer Look, coauthored with Liany Elba Arroyo (October 2005)