I recently had the privilege of participating in a two-day training with the American Diabetes Association called Acción Para la Salud (Action for Health). This was a Promotora training in Spanish—in English we’d say community health workers, peer leaders, or patient...
When I first moved to Denver, I worked in affordable housing, and spent time at my organization’s various properties around the metro area. The largest of these was in the East Colfax neighborhood of Aurora, which housed over 300 families, nearly all of which were...
Ten years ago this month, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer. After the initial shock wore off, my family and I had to quickly come to terms with our new reality. My mom would require surgery to have her football-sized tumor removed, but she was lucky to...
