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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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Former Marine Tim Barrientez is Dedicating Retirement Years to Improving Latino Health
8/22/23 Update: Tim is Salud America!’s latest intern. Read his stories here! 18-year-old Timoteo “Tim” Barrientez wiped…
Healthy Lifestyles
Diana Anzaldua: From Troubled Teen to Trailblazer in Latino Mental Healthcare
“Grab what you can,” said a frantic young mother to her four children in their small rural home in El Campo, Texas. As t…
Mental Health
Non-Medical Drivers of Health Screening Is Tackling Needs of Patients in US Community Health Centers
Since the 1960s, community health centers (also called Federally Qualified Health Centers) have made it their mission to…
Health
Feeding Fort Worth with the FunkyTown Fridge
Kendra Richardson worried if her neighbors in Fort Worth, Texas, would have enough food as the COVID-19 pandemic worsene…
Healthy Food
Nemours Children’s Health Goes Beyond Medicine to Cure Families’ Non-Medical Needs
Nemours Children’s Health knows healthcare is more than just medicine. The conditions in which we are born, grow, live,…
Access, Embracing All People
Tech Entrepreneur Erik Cardenas Brings Affordable Healthcare to Latinos
A young Erik Cardenas sat quietly in his chair, gently swinging his legs back and forth. He clasped his hands together a…
Health
Celebrating Galentine’s Day with Drs. Amelie Ramirez and Patricia Chalela
You’re probably familiar with Valentine’s Day on February 14. Every year, couples dote on each other and exchange candy,…
Health
Anjelica Cazares: Speaking Up for Fair Latina Pay
Although Anjelica Cazares spends a lot of time talking into a microphone, she doesn’t need it to be heard and make an im…
Increasing Civic Engagement
Dr. Trinidad Solis: Harvesting Infection Control Solutions for Farmworkers
In the small rural Central California town of Selma, a young Trinidad Solis watched long stretches of farmland float by…
Infection Control
Latina Physician Collaborates with Promotoras in Sustainable Infection Control Efforts
In a modest house in Los Angeles, California, a young girl buried her nose in a book. She focused on the book’s colorful…
Access, Infection Control