The Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research welcome new and current students to the fall 2021 semester. Read below for more information on them and find out what motivated them to want to earn a degree in public health.
Angelica Alvarado
Hometown: Arvada, Colorado
Learn more about the Great Beginnings for Healthy Native Smiles project in our February 2021 newsletter:
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… Read more
NAU News Feature
May 21, 2020
Kalvina Lee Belin, who graduated with her Northern Arizona University Master in Public Health, Indigenous Studies in May 2020, was featured in the May 21 issue of NAU News for her pilot version of a Native American Cultural Competency Program for NAU faculty and staff to help… Read more