Gente and Health

The Latino GDP Report, produced by the UCLA Health Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC), provides factual information about Latino contributions to the U.S. economy and their growing impact. In this episode, CESLAC research assistant Elías Rodríguez interviews Dr. David Hayes-Bautista to uncover what the Latino GDP means to the U.S., what it says about Latinos, and how Latinos debut as one of the U.S.’s “true bright spots during trying times.”

In this episode, Karla Murillo (MS1, David Geffen School of Medicine PRIME-LA) and Stephanie Hernandez (MS1, Charles Drew University/UCLA Medical Education Program) discuss their journey into medicine, and what their first year of medical school has been like during el año del COVID.

In this episode we discuss with the co-directors of Ballet Folklorico Flor de Mayo the ways in which folkloric dance tells stories connecting us to history.

As we prepare for the 2020 Presidential election, it is important to understand the significance of voting, how to vote safely and make your voice heard this year!

In this episode of Gente and Health, UCLA and MEDPEP Alumni Angeles Almaraz and Brandy Lopez talk with the Ol’ Chicano Professor about their experiences with cultural appropriation and the significance of appreciating culture instead of appropriating it.

In this episode of Gente and Health, Dr. Yohualli Balderas-Medina Anaya assistant clinical professor of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, discusses her journey into medicine, what inspires her, and the importance of mentorship.

In this episode, Gente and Health discuss with CESLAC’s in-house expert, epidemiologist and UCLA professor Dr. Paul Hsu, COVID-19’s patterns of disease, its variability by race and ethnicity, and the importance of your personal narrative in education.

Welcome to Gente and Health. In this episode we discuss the many terms Latinos have used to describe themselves, the migration that led to the blended-ness of Latinos, and interview Jenifer Logia (UCLA ‘15) and Deondra Montgomery (UCLA ‘15) which highlights a few of the 60 million different ways one can be Latino.

Gente and Health, produced by the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, aims to unearth the voices of gente and health by highlighting Latino narratives and discussing the situation of Latinos in California, from the foundations of Cinco de Mayo to the COVID-19 pandemic.