Past Fellows
Alexandra DelValle (2006 Fellow)
Alexandra received a BA in Sociology and Women's Studies from Oberlin College in 2003. Since then, Alexandra has worked at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health developing and implementing a multi-state leadership training and mobilization program. Alexandra is a member of the Young Women's Leadership Council of the Pro-Choice Public Education Project, and of the Board of Directors of Choice USA. Her academic and professional goals center on increasing access to and community activism for reproductive and sexual health services and rights.
Nancy Mejía (2006 Fellow)
Nancy received a BA in Sociology and in Latin American Studies, with a minor in Spanish from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2003. She has worked as a Bilingual Case Manager for the Children’s Circle, serving families infected and affected by HIV & AIDS. She has also taught sexuality education to junior high school students as an intern for Planned Parenthood, Los Angeles. Nancy is additionally pursuing her M.A. in Social Work, for which she has interned at Fordham Tremont Community Mental Health Center, providing psychotherapy to children and their families in the Bronx, and most recently at MIC Women’s Health Center in Jamaica, Queens. She is interested in sexual and reproductive health among Latino and Latin American communities, with a particular focus on understanding and addressing national and international health disparities.
Elizabeth (Liza) Fuentes (2005 Fellow)
Liza received a BS in Chemistry from American University in 2003. Liza has worked as a medical interpreter at La Clínica Del Pueblo and as a case manager at the National Abortion Federation. Most recently she was a community organizer at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. She is interested in research on access to reproductive health services, especially abortion, in Latino communities in the United States, and is currently pursuing her DrPH at Hunter College.
Jessica Gonzalez (2004 Fellow)
Jessica received a BA in Community Health and Hispanic Literature and Culture from Brown University in 2002. Currently, she manages and writes grants for the City of Newark Department of Health and Human Services. She also serves on the Department’s Youth Development Committee to develop a strategic plan to increase outcome-driven youth development programs in the Newark City area.
Leila Yasmin Saadat (2004 Fellow)
Leila received a BA in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000. She has worked as a health educator and peer health education program coordinator at La Clinica de la Raza.
Luu Cortes Doan (2003 Fellow)
Luu received a BA in Physiological Science in 2000 at UCLA. She has worked as a community/labor organizer with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 on a campaign that won health care benefits for over 1000 low-wage immigrant workers at UCLA. Currently, Luu is in medical school in California.
Elvira Gomez (2003 Fellow)
Elvira received a BA in American Studies with an emphasis in Healthcare in America from the University of California Berkeley in 1997. She has worked as a Research Coordinator for several UCSF projects related to Latino Health. Her topics of interest include: reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and access to healthcare among Latino and immigrant populations. She is currently working on evaluating HIV testing procedures and patient satisfaction with HIV testing during prenatal care at San Francisco General Hospital.
Stacey Alicea (2002 Fellow)
Stacey is a Project Director in the Psychiatry Department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She currently directs three federally funded applied research projects which combine HIV prevention and treatment, adolescent and family mental health, and long-term economic development across a variety of domestic and international settings. Prior to receiving her MPH degree, she worked at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Events Planning, Development and Fundraising. She has also worked abroad in South America, Sub-Saharan and Central Africa, and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.
Andrea Guerra (2002 Fellow)
Andrea received a BA in History in 1993 from the University of Texas at Austin. Before she attended the Mailman School, She worked at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. providing reproductive health services to the area’s medically under-served populations, including new and established Latino immigrants. After earning her MPH, she worked at an international blindness prevention organization, and then the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on a pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of home blood pressure monitors on reducing hypertension in the city’s most high-risk individuals.
Sonia Gonzalez (2001 Fellow)
Sonia received a BA in Latin American Studies and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999. She served in AmeriCorps for National Service doing HIV Prevention Outreach with homeless youth and as a board member of Lilith: A Fund for Reproductive Equity in Austin, Texas. Upon graduation, she worked as the Program Coordinator for Teens Educating About Community Health (TEACH) housed at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. She ran a youth leadership teen peer education program for 15 to 18 year olds, and co-founded the South Brooklyn Health Council (SBHC). She is also a steering committee member of the Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition that integrates HIV education as youth development with non-traditional HIV youth organizations. Today, Sonia is the Deputy Director
Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education.
Oscar Jimenez (2001 Fellow)
Oscar obtained a Bachelor of Sociology in Peru (1996), where he participated in several research and programmatic initiatives in HIV/AIDS prevention, sexuality of urban youth, maternal mortality in rural areas and male sex work among urban youth. As a Latino Fellow, Oscar assisted Professor Aguirre-Molina in the development of projects aimed at
addressing the health needs of Dominicans in the context of circular migration. After obtaining his MPH, Oscar served as Officer of Research at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health and HIV/AIDS consultant for the Latin America Division of the UNFPA. During the past few years Oscar has dedicated his work to improve the health and educational services for youth and adults with developmental disabilities. Oscar is currently leading an initiative to establish a training and evaluation program for an agency providing residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. He has published articles and participated in publications in HIV/AIDS prevention, male sex work, and maternal mortality.
Maria Moreno (2000 Fellow)
Maria earned a BA in Health and Society from Brown University in 1998. She served in the AmeriCorps Community Health Corps in Denver, where she worked with recent immigrants from Mexico and Central America. She is currently a fellow at CDC in the Cardiovascular Health Branch where she is analyzing national data on hypertension mortality rates among Hispanic subgroups in the U.S.
Andrea Nye (2000 Fellow)
Andrea received a BA in Anthropology and Biology from Western Washington University in 1995. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua and then as a caseworker for homeless Latina women who experienced domestic abuse. Since graduating, Andrea coordinated several research projects. She currently works as Program Evaluator at the Harlem Health Promotion Center.
Maria Chaparro (1999 Fellow)
Maria received a BA in Journalism from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces in 1992. She served as a HIV/AIDS/STD Prevention Specialist at a community-based organization, Families & Youth, Inc. (FYI) with a focus on serving immigrant Mexican and migrant farm worker communities in southern New Mexico. She is currently working as the ENLACES Project Coordinator for the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association in El Paso, Texas. She has been with the USMBHA since January 2001 and is happily married and living near La Union, New Mexico.
Antigoni Koumpounis (1999 Fellow)
Antigoni received a BA in International Development from American University in 1997. She served as a Maternal and Child Health Care Educator with Amigos de las Americas in El Oro, Ecuador. As a Fulbright Research Scholar in Peru, she researched the impact of domestic violence on women’s health. Antigoni graduated with dual Masters Degrees in Public Health and International Affairs. Currently, she serves as the Technical Officer (Family Planning) for the Southeast Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization.
Gina Arias (1998 Fellow)
Gina received a dual Master’s degree in Public Health and International Affairs from Columbia University in 2000. Her public health work began in a rural village of West Africa over 10 years ago, where she conducted health and nutrition education in close collaboration with traditional midwives. She also worked in West Africa as a consultant
with Global 2000, a guinea worm eradication program of the Carter Center. Closer to home, she worked as the Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Education at Alianza, the leading community-based organization in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights. Currently, Gina is the Project Director, Enhanced Outreach and Advocacy Training aims to train over 40 Community Follow-up Workers from New York City. She speaks Spanish, French and Hausa.
Photo credit: Peter Howard.
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