Juanita Preciado: An Èxito! Grad With a Passion to End Latino Health Disparities

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Editor’s Note: This is the story of a graduate of the 2015 Èxito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training program. Apply now for 2016.

Juanita Preciado
Ponoma, Calif.Preciado, Juanita_002

Influenced by her hard-working immigrant family and a teacher who taught her to set high self-expectations, it’s not a shock that first-generation college graduate Juanita Preciado has set a very high career expectation: “Do research that will shift cultural beliefs.”

Juanita is interested in changing perceptions of how parents view mental health and fatalistic views of cancer.

Juanita received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Riverside and is currently pursuing her master’s in public health from Claremont Graduate University

“The [Éxito!] program enabled me to consider PhD possibilities that otherwise I would not have thought about,” Juanita said.

 

By The Numbers By The Numbers

25.1

percent

of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage

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