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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Franklin Chang Diaz: The First Latino American in Space
In childhood, many of us gazed into the night sky to glimpse a shooting star and make a wish. For Franklin Chang Diaz, h…
Education, Increasing Recognition
Sgt. Billy Killebrew: Helping Kids Who Deal with Trauma in Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville Police Sgt. Billy Killebrew knows a lot of children experience divorce, witness domestic violence, and suffe…
ACES, Education
Adelita Cantu: A Latina Role Model for COVID-19 Vaccine, Infection Control
Eyes wide with surprise, Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN, pulled into the parking lot of the UT Health San Antonio School o…
Infection Control
Javier Cintron: Future Doctor Aims to Address Health Inequities
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Javier Cintron listened intently to the Haitian man. Far from his home in Panama City, F…
Cancer, Clinical Trials
Cesar Ramirez: From Honduras to DACA, on a Mission to Be a Doctor Who Cares
Shiny cars screeching down the road. Grocery stores filled with bright lights and food-stuffed aisles. TV screens flicke…
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Embracing All People
Loriana Hernandez-Aldama: Beating Cancer, Saving Lives Through Education
“The good news is, we can’t kill you trying to save you. You showed up fit to fight.” Still in shock of recent events, L…
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Increasing Recognition
A.J. Williams: Helping Police, Educators Team Up for Regional Handle With Care Program
As a child, A.J. Williams was exposed to domestic violence. Now a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, Williams is makin…
ACES
Gregory Aune: The Gear Up Against Kids Cancer Bike Ride
Gregory Aune was 16 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Aune spent a year enduring grueling treatment, losing…
Cancer, Latino Cancer
María Elena Bottazzi: The Latina Scientist Who Helped Create a COVID-19 Vaccine
When María Elena Bottazzi left Honduras, she never expected to one day be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Bottazzi is…
COVID-19, Vaccines
Gus Alva: Helping Latinos Heal from Parkinson’s Through Storytelling
Living with a cognitive disease is difficult because of how it impacts you and those around you. It can create a stigma,…
Clinical Trials, Dementia