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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Learning Lots and Eating Well at the Guadalupe Community Garden
The Guadalupe neighborhood in Lubbock, Texas has seen some tough times. With many folks struggling to make ends meet, he…
Healthy Food
Brain Breaks & Afterschool Clubs Bring Physical Activity to Middle Schoolers
Principal Matt Pope wanted to make a difference in the lives of the children at DJ Red Simon Middle School in Kyle, Texa…
Education, Healthy Food
The Brownsville Farmers’ Market Promotes Health
Residents of Brownsville, Texas, struggle to find affordable, healthy food in their neighborhoods, and overweight/obesit…
Healthy Food, Water
Swapping Sugary Drinks for Water Coolers For a Healthy Start
Research shows that children who consume too many sugary drinks risk developing diseases related to unhealthy weight. He…
Healthy Food, Water
Doctor Starts a Farmer’s Market in Her Houston Clinic
Dr. Ann Barnes talks to her patients daily about their health. When Barnes, an associate professor at Baylor College of…
Healthy Food
Parents Help Swap Sugary Drinks for Healthier Options in Schools
The nutritional quality of lunches is improving in schools in Fairfax, Va. But the news wasn’t all good. Parents saw tha…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
Brownsville Leaders Turn Tragedy into Garden of Hope
An old, abandoned plot of land sat empty near the site of a triple homicide involving children in Brownsville, Texas. Co…
Healthy Food
Shared Use Agreement Transforms Schoolyard into ‘SPARK Park’
Community, school, and city officials worked together to develop a shared use agreement to use school grounds to create…
Green & Active Spaces
Grassroots group works with rural schools to open recreation spaces
MHP and Alice Independent School District partnered to create a shared use agreement. This would make school-owned recre…
Green & Active Spaces
Young Adult Starts Garden to Connect Neighbors, Boost Healthy Food
Caesar Valdillez loves where he lives—the Southtown neighborhood in San Antonio. He grew up in the neighborhood and even…
Healthy Food