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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Gilberto Lopez: Combatting Vaccine Misinformation through Art
When Gilberto Lopez was visiting his family in California at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he realized his communi…
Healthy Families & Schools
Elsada Wilson: Amid Breast Cancer, Finding Hope Through a Clinical Trial
Cancer is a tough, scary, life-threatening journey, especially for women of color. That is why researchers conduct clini…
Clinical Trials
Elsada Wilson: En Medio del Cáncer de Seno, Encontré Esperanza a Través de un Estudio Clínico
El cáncer es un camino difícil, miedoso y peligroso para la vida, especialmente para las mujeres de color. Por esto es q…
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Español
Emelina Asto-Flores: Participant in a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial to Help Latinos!
Why did Emelina Asto-Flores volunteer for a clinical trial to test a COVID-19 vaccine? Asto-Flores, a community health e…
Clinical Trials
Giselle Rincon: A Venezuelan Immigrant Sending Help to her Home Country
When Giselle Rincon decided to start a nonprofit to help immigrants and offer humanitarian aid to her home country, she…
Increasing Recognition, Understanding & Reducing Poverty
Chris David: Get the Vaccine So Business Can Go Back to Normal!
Chris David is ready for the pandemic to be over. It’s dramatically hurt his business and taken friends and family away…
COVID-19, Vaccines
Nelly Jiménez: Get the COVID-19 Vaccine to Protect Your Family, Community!
Nelly Jiménez knows how difficult it is to suffer from severe COVID-19 illness. Her husband was hospitalized with COVID…
COVID-19, Vaccines
Alfred Lee: Get the Vaccine So You Can Go Fishing!
Alfred Lee has heard just about every COVID-19 vaccine myth out there. He’s seen YouTube videos about how “dangerous” th…
COVID-19, Vaccines
Dorothy Long Parma: Finding Her Career in Gastric Cancer Research
Dr. Dorothy Long Parma hasn’t had the easiest career path. She’s struggled with depression throughout her time in medica…
Latino Cancer, Mental Health
Maria Hernandez: Fighting for Health Equity in Healthcare Organizations
For Maria Hernandez, fighting for health equity hits close to home. When her dad was in the hospital fighting cancer, He…
Increasing Recognition