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...
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...
