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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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Serving the Medically Underserved: Guadalupe Clinic Brings Goodwill to Wichita Latinos
The drive to Guadalupe Clinic from rural Coffeyville, Kansas, was just over two hours, but it felt like a lifetime for t…
Access
Thomas Brittain Dedicates Retirement Years to Caregiving; “It Could Be You That Needs Care One Day.”
Thomas Brittain and his immediate family gathered in the neurologist’s office, eager to hear the health status of their…
Dementia
Carlos Olivas: Every Day is Different as a Latino Caregiver
A cool breeze hits Carlos Olivas III’s face and suddenly the smells of fresh, warm coffee and donuts hits his nose. He e…
Dementia, Mental Health
Gabriella Godines: Finding Her ‘Time’ to Become a Physician
In early 2019, Gabriella “Gaby” Godines got the news that she wasn’t accepted to medical school. She was understandably…
Latino Cancer
Alberto Martin: Making the Most of Every Opportunity for Latino Health
As a child in Puerto Rico, Alberto Martin dreamed of playing professional soccer. He knew that becoming a soccer pro me…
Access, Embracing All People
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