Success Stories
Get inspired by our Salud Hero stories and videos, which show real champions who drive big healthy changes for our families, schools, and communities!
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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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One Man’s Drive to Get Buses Moving in San Antonio
A few years ago, San Antonio City Council member Rey Saldaña tried his own transportation experiment. He ditched his car…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
No More Us vs. Them: Trauma Training is Rebuilding Police-Community Trust
Police came to four-year-old Fatimah Muhammad’s house in Newark, N.J. (34% Latino), after an altercation between her par…
ACES, Health & Cohesion, Healthy Families & Schools, Increasing Recognition
Houston Doctor Starts Unique Clinic to Help Young Adults with Diabetes
Latino youth are facing a rising diabetes crisis. Many lack support needed to manage their disease. That’s why Dr. Sirip…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools
Minerva Perez’s Free Ride Program Helps Latinos Overcome ‘Transportation Bullies’
Minerva Perez hates bullies. In elementary school, Perez did not like when bullies picked on her friends. She became the…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools
Nurses Visit Homes to Help First-Time Moms Create Healthy Kids, Families
Sylvia Lopez knows low-income mothers need lots of support in South Texas and San Antonio. Lopez knows the research that…
Maternal & Child Health
How One National Park is Attracting Latino Visitors
Cam Juarez knows the bad stats. Latinos are just 2% of visitors to Saguaro National Park, despite being 40% of the popul…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Pediatricians Host Spanish-Language Health Podcast
Getting Latinos to go and see a primary care provider is hard enough. Even when they reach a doctor, many families get f…
Healthy Families & Schools
Latina Filmmaker’s Web Series Helps Bodegas Push Healthier Food
Evelyn Brito went to buy some vegetables for her 2-year-old daughter, but was stunned to find no fresh produce in her lo…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
How a New Bridge Rebuilt Community Trust and Pedestrian Safety
Cam Juarez didn’t want people to be disappointed, again. Years ago, a city project failed to deliver a promised new pede…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Soccer Field Wars: Latino Neighbors Win a Fight to Play
Omar Gonzalez and many of his neighbors love playing nightly pick-up soccer games on the fields at Harriet Tubman Elemen…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities