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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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Health Worker Alma Galvez Helps Families ‘Rethink’ Their Sugary Drink
Alma Galvez was sick of seeing a growing number of overweight Latino child patients at her clinic in Minneapolis, Minn….
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
Free Training Helps Early Childcare Providers Grow Healthy Kids
Dr. Kathy Fletcher knows the first three years of a child’s life are critical for preparing kids to grow and mature into…
Education, Healthy Families & Schools
Health Workers Start Mega Baby Showers for Moms in Need
Kori Eberle calls early and steady prenatal care the “best gift a baby can receive” for healthy early childhood developm…
Healthy Families & Schools, Maternal & Child Health
Tech Guru Brings Healthcare to Latinos in Houston
Peter Kim is a sort of accidental convert to the world of telehealth. Kim was about to start his labor-intensive medical…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools
Minnesota Sr. Teaching Specialist Educates on Language and Life
A brain aneurysm changed the life of María Emilce López forever—for the better. While a grad student at the University o…
Access, Education
Every Little Step Counts for Latino Child Health
Yolanda Konopken knows 1 in 10 people have diabetes in Arizona. Her program to help families manage diabetes has been at…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
How Arizona Clinics Create Amazing Medical Homes for Latinos
For 30 years, a group of small community health centers have provided primary healthcare to residents in Maricopa County…
Access, Healthy Families & Schools
Parents Help Save Pool in Low-Income Minneapolis Area
Hannah Lieder, foster mother and founder of Minneapolis Swims, has been working since 2010 to keep open the local Philli…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Stephen Lucke Grows Gardens of Wellness in San Antonio
Stephen Lucke’s life forever when he took a college nutrition class. Lucke, an aspiring doctor who was studying biochemi…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
School Dietician Uses Student Videos to Give Health a Starring Role
Barbara Berger was more than concerned—she was downright worried about the growing weight and health of her students. Th…
Education, Healthy Food