Center Staff

Staff Profiles

 

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Melawhy Garcia, Ph.D., MPH
Director
Assistant Professor
Melawhy.Garcia@csulb.edu

 

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Natalia Gatdula, MPH
Associate Director
Program Manager
Natalia.Gatdula@csulb.edu

 

 

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Mayra Rascón, MPH
Director of Evaluation
Mayra.Rascón@csulb.edu

 

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Patricia Trinidad, MPH
Project Manager
Patricia.Trinidad@csulb.edu

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Yesenia Sifuentes
Center Coordinator
Yesenia.Sifuentes@csulb.edu

 

 

Former Staff

 

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Britt Rios-Ellis, Ph.D.
Founding Director

 

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Mara Bird, Ph.D.
Former Director
View Dr. Bird's Farewell Letter

 

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Diana Aguirre, MPH, CHES
Former Program Manager
Farewell Letter

 

  • Dr. Hector Balcazaar  |  Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Ana Carricchi  |  Long Beach Department of Health and Humans Services
  • Dr. Felipe Castro  |  University of Texas at El Paso
  • Jorge Daboub  |  Univision
  • Zoila Escobar  |  AltaMed Health Services
  • Dr. David Hayes-Bautista  |  University of California Los Angeles
  • Sara Elena Loaiza  |  Latino Consultants
  • Dr. Vickie Mays  |  UCLA School of Public Health
  • Jennifer Ng’andu  |  RWJF
  • Dr. Kurt Organista  |  University of Berkeley School of Social Welfare
  • Dr. Henry Pachecho  |  National Hispanic Council on Aging
  • Dr. Britt Rios-Ellis  |  CSU, Monterey Bay
  • Richard Zaldivar  |  The Wall Las Memorias Project

  • Dr. Lilia Espinoza  |  CSUF Public Health
  • Dr. Gail Frank  |  CSULB Family and Consumer Science
  • Dr. Gino Galvez  |  CSULB Psychology
  • Dr. Javier Lopez-Zetina  |  CSULB Health Science
  • Dr. Eric Marinez  |  CSULB Biochemistry and Chemistry
  • Dr. Guido Urizar  |  CSULB Psychology