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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Anna Valdez: Tackling Infection Control with Education from Classroom to Clinic
15-year-old Anna Valdez fidgeted in her chair as her eyes scanned the stethoscope, cotton balls, and other medical suppl…
COVID-19, Infection Control
Wanda Montalvo: Preventing Infections in Community Health Centers, Latino Communities
Wanda Montalvo sat at her desk working on paperwork, she could hear nurses and physicians bustling about in the lobby. I…
COVID-19, Infection Control
Ricardo Correa: Endocrinologist and Infection Control Leader for the Latino Community
Thirteen-year-old Ricardo Correa sat in the pediatric endocrinologist’s office alongside his mother, listening with fasc…
COVID-19, Infection Control
Edward Dennis: Artist, Author, Teacher, and Role Model for Latino Children
In a modest house in Maryvale, Arizona, a young Latino boy watched wide-eyed as the famous artist, Bob Ross, painted a m…
Embracing All People
Leonel Rodriguez: Helpful Treatment Through a Cancer Clinical Trial
Leonel Rodriguez got some terrible news in November 2019. Doctors diagnosed Rodriguez, a South Texas resident, with mant…
Clinical Trials, Education
Leonel Rodríguez: Tratamiento Útil a Través de un Estudio Clínico de Cáncer
Leonel Rodríguez recibió una noticia terrible en noviembre de 2019. Los médicos diagnosticaron a Rodríguez, un residente…
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Español
Nina Otero-Warren: A Latina Hero for Women’s Suffrage
For Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor a Latina who dedicated her life to the advancement of Latinos and other disadvanta…
Increasing Civic Engagement, Increasing Recognition
Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde: Latina Led Push for Strong Nursing Workforce
During Hispanic Heritage Month, Salud America! is celebrating Latino trailblazers, historical figures, and inspirational…
Education, Increasing Recognition
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