Motivated student currently working towards MPH degree in Epidemiology. Adept at academic research, outreach, and training with extensive field data collection experience. To understand the reach of our projects, to date, solely in South Texas, we have leveraged $3,269,203.43 in grant monies to help advocate for agricultural worker health, safety, and well-being from 2020 -2024. These education and outreach efforts have allowed us to close several gaps between agricultural producers and their local health departments and build trust with agricultural workers and their families, all while strengthening resources and support in rural hard-to-reach communities.
Developed and disseminated 30,000 resource guides utilizing boots-on-the-ground a team of community coordinators for rural counties highly impacted by COVID-19, including the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Panhandle, and El Paso.
Occupational health and safety team at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, affiliated with the SWCOEH, proposed to create, deliver, and evaluate (Levels 1-3 evaluations) a 1-hour culturally, linguistically (English, Spanish, Nahuatl), and literacy-appropriate training on personal mobile learning devices focused on transmission prevention of influenza, tetanus, tuberculosis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and COVID-19 to 1000 agricultural workers in South Texas.
The USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief Program gives the opportunity of a one-time $600 COVID-19 relief payment for wages and time lost during the pandemic for agricultural workers from March 30, 2023 – September 30, 2024. To date, >4,300 agricultural workers and their families have received a total of $2.58 million in relief payments in South Texas.