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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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
Water Champions Push H2O for Latino Kids, Families
Water isn’t magic, but it can help you stay hydrated, control calories, and fuel muscles. But Latino kids don’t drink en…
Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
Teachers Who Went Above and Beyond for Latino Students
What makes a great teacher? Great teachers not only work hard to ensure the academic success and leadership skills of th…
Education, Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Baby Café Brings ‘Breastfeeding Peer Counselors’ to San Antonio Moms
Infant nutrition experts Norma Sifuentes and Diana Montano have promoted breastfeeding for 30 years combined in San Anto…
Healthy Families & Schools, Maternal & Child Health
Mom Group Gives Swag Bags to Help Nursing Moms
After Nikki Van Strien delivered her first son in Mesa, Ariz. (30.5% Latino), she realized the discharge package given t…
Healthy Families & Schools, Maternal & Child Health
Food Pantry Thinks Outside the Box to Bring Healthy Food to Latinos in Need
Jessie Fisher and her nonprofit food pantry, the Randolph Area Christian Assistance Program (RACAP) aim to provide a wee…
Healthy Food
Community Connectors Break Down Barriers to Healthy Homes
San Antonio’s Eastside Promise Neighborhood (EPN) is a community of about 18,000 residents (67.5% Latino) who face many…
Access, Health & Cohesion, Healthy Families & Schools, Understanding & Reducing Poverty
Parks Workers Create ‘Health’ Scavenger Hunt in San Antonio
City parks worker Michael Baldwin saw rampant physical inactivity and disease in San Antonio, Texas (68% Latino). To hel…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Maria Silva: Adding Latino Nutrition to Spanish Magazines
Maria Silva is a registered dietitian and educator in St. Vincent de Paul’s bilingual Family Wellness Program in Phoenix…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities