Griselda Rubio: An Èxito! Grad, Vegetarian, Kickboxer…and Advocate for Latino Health

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Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2014 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for the 2015 Èxito! program.

Griselda RubioGriselda Rubio
Laredo, Texas

Griselda Rubio is the definition of healthy: A vegetarian who is physically fit and taught yoga and kickboxing.

Rubio, born and raised in Laredo, Texas, has applied this passion for a healthy lifestyle and a love of learning to a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree in health administration—and works to manage data, coordinate patients and community relations, and help with clinical research.

She also believes that “you have to be able and willing to do a little bit of everything even if it means learning a new skill.”

That’s why she helps the Laredo community by improving access to oncology screening care and access to clinical trials as a clinical research associate.

That’s also why she applied to Éxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program, which offers a five-day summer institute and internships to encourage master’s-level students and health professionals to pursue a doctoral degree and a cancer research career.

Rubio said the Éxito! Summer Institute is “informative first and foremost, and then motivational, inspirational, and encouraging. I am so grateful for this program.”

She also has a message for future program participants: “You are in for such an enlightening experience that will change you, your dreams and future!”

Éxito!, a program funded by the National Cancer Institute and directed by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, will select 20 master’s-level students and health professionals from across the nation to attend a five-day summer institute in June 2015, in San Antonio, offering research information, tools, tips, role models and motivation to encourage participants to pursue a doctoral degree and a career studying how cancer affects Latinos differently. Participants also are eligible to apply for one of several internships. Apply here.

By The Numbers By The Numbers

25.1

percent

of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage

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