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Student Spotlight: Alexandra Samarron Longorio
When Alexandra Samarron Longorio was in her early 20s, as a former undocumented student, she saw that attending college in the United States was an almost impossible task for undocumented students.
A first generation college student of a single mother, Samarron was determined to thrive and, along with other undocumented students, to find higher education opportunities for everyone regardless of immigration status.
The task was not easy. Each year, 98,000 undocumented… Read more
Fairness First podcast explores institutional injustice and how organizations discuss and act upon health inequity
How comfortable do you think senior management at your organization feels in talking about discrimination, race and racism?
This is one of the questions included in the Regional Health Equity Survey (RHES) that sparked a discussion on the most recent episode of Fairness First, the podcast produced by NAU’s
Fairness First episode 3 explores institutional injustice
How comfortable do you think that senior management at your organization feels talking about discrimination, race and racism?
This is one of the questions included in the Regional Health Equity Survey (RHES) that addressed the social, environmental and economic conditions that impact the health and well-being of communities in Northern Arizona––the topic for Read more
Fairness First podcast is coming!
It’s coming! Look for our new podcast, Fairness First, on health equity by Alexandra Samarron, Carmenlita Chief, Kelly McCue, and Dulce Jimenez . Our thanks to Brian Rackham and Aldric Meints with the NAU Media Innovation Center for their assistance. Take a sneak peek at the opening introduction!
Fairness First is funded by The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (NIMHD grant # U54MD012388), a grant-funded initiative of the Center for… Read more