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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Fitness Instructor Helps Launch La Casita Fitness and Learning Center
Westwood Unidos and Re:Vision, two local organizations in the Westwood neighborhood of Denver, Colo. (31.2% Latino popul…
Access, Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
College Friends Connect Latino Families to Local Produce
College friends Tori Ostenso and Emily Pence met through volunteer opportunities while in school. They soon learned ther…
Healthy Food
Future Generations Learn Healthy Eating Through Teaching Kitchens
In the San Antonio, Texas area (69% Latino) families, health care leaders like Dr. Mark Gilger, and philanthropy groups…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
MEDA Creates 100% Affordable Housing for San Francisco Residents
What happens when people get “priced out” of the homes they’ve lived in for decades? Luis Granados People like Luis Gran…
Housing
Promotoras Create Healthy Change One Resident at a Time for Vida Sana
Obesity, cancer, and other health issues were increasing in the northern Colorado city of Fort Collins (11.43% Latino)….
Access
Apple Orchard Brings Fresh Fruit to Colorado Cafeterias, Farmer’s Markets
Montezuma County (12.2 % Latino), Colorado, was once well known for its blooming apple orchards. Back in 1904, three Gol…
Healthy Food
Gaby Medina: Water Promoter Helps Parents Avoid Sugary Drinks
Gaby Medina, a mom and health educator in the neighborhood of Westwood, in Denver, Colo. (79.36% Latino), didn’t have a…
Access, Water
Agency’s Legal Aids Brings Hope, Stress Relief for People in Florida
Many people arrive from other countries to Broward County, Fla., with no community ties, no possessions, no (or little)…
Access, Embracing All People
Nonprofit Offers Bilingual Counseling to Help People Enroll in Health Insurance
Health issues plague many people in the community of Broward County, Fla. They often lack access to healthcare due to la…
Access
Growing Healthier Students with School Gardens
Urbi(c)ulture Community Farms are making school lunches look a little more like a garden with their new school garden pr…
Healthy Food