Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Octavio Estrella

The National Center for Rural Health Professions, University of Illinois-Rockford 1601 Parkview Ave, Rockford, IL, USA

Biography

A servant leader with more than 20 years of experience in the field of education utilizing research, student-centered program design, strategic planning, and collaborative partnerships to address social inequity and injustice. Experienced in developing and leading strategic initiatives in education reform, community engagement, post-secondary pathways for underrepresented students, health equity partnerships, and community-based participatory research. Demonstrated expertise in student-centered programming, trauma-informed practices, restorative justice, developing and leading strategic initiatives, grant writing and reporting, research and evaluation, and facilitating professional learning.

Publications

Pipeline Efforts with a Freirean Twist: The Juntos Health Disparities Research Internship

Increasing workforce diversity is essential to improving the health outcomes for minority populations, particularly Latinos. This paper describes an innovative 6-week health disparities internship program for underrepresented precollege and college students aimed at empowering students to become health science researchers focused on issues that con... Read More»

Maria Alonso Luaces, Natalia Suarez, Octavio Estrella, Megha Ramaswamy, Won Choi and Ana-Paula Cupertino

Research Article: J Community Med Health Edu 2013, 3: 233

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000233

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