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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Andrea Luna, MPH
Research Coordinator
Andrea.Luna@csulb.edu

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Yesenia Sifuentes, BS
Center/Project Coordinator
Yesenia.Sifuentes@csulb.edu

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

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Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez, Ph.D., MPH
Faculty Research Associate
Selena.Nguyen-Rodriguez@csulb.edu

Former Staff

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Mayra Rascón, MPH
Latino Health Center
Director of Evaluation

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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