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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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
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