Adriana López Sántiz
Adriana del Carmen López Sántiz is a Tseltal poet from the community of Chanam del Carmen in Ocosingo, Chiapas.
Tag Archives: Latina
Continue reading
Dr Alicia de Colombí-Monguió
Alicia de Colombí-Monguió is the author of three poetry collections including El aguardante (The One Who Awaits) (1970), Ser al sesgo y otras imitaciones (Being on the Bias and Other Imitations) (1981) y 31 sonetos (31 Sonnets) (1982).
Amanda Berenguer
She is the author of more than fifteen collections of poetry, including Quehaceres e invenciones (Chores and Inventions) (1963), Composición de lugar (Composition of Place) (1976), and La dama de Elche (The Lady of Elche) (1987).
Dr Maria Isabel Herran
Maria Isabel Herran, M.D., has devoted herself to international health, refugee children, and the development and regulation of international adoption.
Dr Maria J Merino
Maria J. Merino, M.D., chief of the Surgical Pathology Section of the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research, is internationally recognized for her work in anatomic pathology.
Dr Linda S Austin
Through her lectures, workshops, syndicated radio programs and other communications media, Linda Austin, M.D., expands her clinical care to educate people across the country on substance abuse and mental health issues.
Dr Judith Flores
Judith Flores, M.D., developed an award-winning bilingual, bicultural asthma management program that reached out to New York City’s Hispanic community in Brooklyn. The program has improved the quality of life for people with asthma and reduced the severity of asthma attacks.
Dr Katherine A Flores
Katherine A. Flores established two programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue careers in medicine, which provide academic support and health science enrichment to young people who might not otherwise be successful in their educational experiences—or be thinking about medical careers.
Dr Ileana Vargas-Rodriquez
In 1998, Dr. Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez helped establish the pediatric component of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Dr Flavia Mercado
As a bilingual physician and educator, Dr. Flavia Mercado teaches the value of cultural competency. More than sharing a language, cultural competency requires that physicians are aware of cultural differences and treat all patients respectfully, an ideal Mercado instills in every medical student she teaches.