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Brittney Millard: Helping Patients and Persevering Through Breast Cancer
Cancer can be many things. Some describe cancer as a journey, a struggle, or a fight. For Brittney Millard, a breast cancer diagnosis was a life-changing event that gave her the passion to help other cancer survivors. “It’s really what’s in your heart. You can [help] people you know in your daily life, just spreading ...
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Doctor Fights for Climate Crisis Intervention in Healthcare, Education
In 2006, Dr. Susan E. Pacheco experienced a stark paradigm-shift due to an inconvenient truth. She learned that the Eart…
Chemical & Toxic Exposure
In Aftermath of a Shooting, This School Leader Is Building a Positive School Climate for Nevada Students
On the night of Oct. 1, 2017, a shooter opened fire at a music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. He killed 59 people, injur…
ACES
Elaine Hartle: Helping Foster Youth Prepare for Life’s Challenges
The foster care system aims to support children whose parents can’t support them. But what happens when those children g…
Housing
Dr. Rogelio Saenz: Using Data to Fight Racism, Push for Health Equity
Dr. Rogelio Sáenz is no stranger to health inequity. Growing up along the Texas-Mexico border, he saw Latino families ri…
Embracing All People, Increasing Recognition
Gabe Canales: Cancer Survivor Strives to Change Men’s Health Culture
Nine-thousand miles. That’s nearly the number Gabe Canales, founder of Blue Cure—a prostate cancer support and awareness…
Latino Cancer
Kids Start School Food Pantry on Texas-Mexico Border
High-schoolers Samantha Almaraz and Pablo Ramirez see many classmates who struggle with hunger and poverty in the 85% La…
Education, Healthy Food
TILT-ed Texan Spreads Toxic-Chemical Awareness to Save Lives
For over 100 days in 1996, Melanie Cambron experienced migraines so severe she couldn’t leave her home. Other maladies s…
Chemical & Toxic Exposure
5 Heroes Who Use Bikes to Steer Kids toward Healthier Lives
Kids have fun when they ride bikes. They also get needed physical activity. But did you know that riding a bike can aid…
Transportation & Mobility
Priced Out: How a Brilliant Cartoon Explains the Housing Crisis in San Francisco
Media producers Joseph Smooke and Dyan Ruiz have seen the harsh impact of unaffordable housing on Latino families in San…
Housing
Three Heroes Blazing a Path for Equitable Transportation
Equitable transportation that is safe, affordable, and reliable can boost a person’s health and social mobility. But too…
Transportation & Mobility