September 2023 eMagazine Supplementary Issue
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine September 2023 Supplementary Issue YOUTH ACADEMY FOR LATINO LEADERS COLLABORATION CELEBRATING SUCCESS GLOBAL HEALTH ACADEMY INAUGURAL PROJECT Y.A.L.L. BIOSKETCHES AND REFLECTIONS PHOTO NEWS RESOURCES The Global Health Academy Inaugural Project; The Youth Academy for Latino Leaders (Y.A.L.L) Written by Wendi Cusina, BS, CPM, PACT Manager, Global Health Program Manager/Administrator, Policy Governance KYRUUS Administrator On July 19, 2023, The Majid Sadigh MD Global Health Academy opened its doors to host the first of many educational projects. Our inaugural class consisted of six high school students from the local latinX communities of Danbury. The students engaged in a four-week diversified curriculum which included field trips to local establishments as well as attending workshops moderated by latinx community leaders discussing the importance of sound leadership, goal setting, financial literacy, civic engagement, and health and wellness. The Youth Academy for Latino Leaders (Y.A.L.L) is designed to be longitudinal in design and to instruct the students to accomplish their scholarly activities optimally throughout their high school years as well as welcoming a new cohort of incoming first year high school students each summer. The reflections provided by the students at the conclusion of the 4 weeks, will help us to improve the program’s curriculum each year. We are forever grateful to the vision of the DCC leadership including Eva Duran, Elvis Novas, Jason Nova, and of course Javier Rincon. We look forward to continued collaboration and partnership for many years to come. PREVIOUS ISSUES OF THE EMAGAZINE Click here to visit the Nuvance Health Global Health Program COVID-19 Resource Center 6
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine September 2023 Supplementary Issue YOUTH ACADEMY FOR LATINO LEADERS COLLABORATION CELEBRATING SUCCESS GLOBAL HEALTH ACADEMY INAUGURAL PROJECT Y.A.L.L. Youth Academy for Latino Leaders Written by Javier Ricon UVMLCOM 2025 During the past month, I was tasked with coordinating and teaching a summer academy for Latino high school students from low resource households. The project was to be created and carried out by the Dominican Community Center with support from the Nuvance Global Health Academy. The goal of the program was to introduce the students to life skills that many of their peers have the opportunity to learn, but they are often deprived of attaining. For example, financial literacy, leadership skills and basic knowledge of health. Shaila Rodriguez, a current student , noted that “What fascinated me the most about the program was the power to develop new skills or knowledge. If it hadn’t been for this program, I probably would have stayed home bored.” And sadly, the lack of these skills can have a rippling effect through generations. Because if we don’t have the opportunity to learn these skills, we can’t pass them onto the ones that come after us. Thus creating a cycle of inequality. We aimed to break that cycle. I knew the task would be challenging, and in the end, it exceeded all my expectations. Not only in difficulty, but also in the sense of accomplishment and the BIOSKETCHES AND REFLECTIONS PHOTO NEWS RESOURCES PREVIOUS ISSUES OF THE EMAGAZINE Graduate Students with leaderships from DCC and Nuvance Health and UVMLCOM Global Health Program 7 Y.A.L.L. continued on next page >>
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
<strong>Supplementary</strong><br />
<strong>Issue</strong><br />
YOUTH ACADEMY FOR<br />
LATINO LEADERS<br />
COLLABORATION<br />
CELEBRATING SUCCESS<br />
GLOBAL HEALTH ACADEMY<br />
INAUGURAL PROJECT<br />
Y.A.L.L.<br />
Youth Academy for Latino Leaders<br />
Written by Javier Ricon<br />
UVMLCOM 2025<br />
During the past month, I was tasked with<br />
coordinating and teaching a summer academy<br />
for Latino high school students from low resource<br />
households. The project was to be created<br />
and carried out by the Dominican Community<br />
Center with support from the Nuvance Global<br />
Health Academy. The goal of the program was<br />
to introduce the students to life skills that many<br />
of their peers have the opportunity to learn,<br />
but they are often deprived of attaining. For<br />
example, financial literacy, leadership skills and basic knowledge of health. Shaila<br />
Rodriguez, a current student , noted that “What fascinated me the most about<br />
the program was the power to develop new skills or knowledge. If it hadn’t been<br />
for this program, I probably would have stayed home bored.” And sadly, the lack<br />
of these skills can have a rippling effect through generations. Because if we don’t<br />
have the opportunity to learn these skills, we can’t pass them onto the ones that<br />
come after us. Thus creating a cycle of inequality. We aimed to break that cycle.<br />
I knew the task would be challenging, and in the end, it exceeded all my<br />
expectations. Not only in difficulty, but also in the sense of accomplishment and the<br />
BIOSKETCHES AND<br />
REFLECTIONS<br />
PHOTO NEWS<br />
RESOURCES<br />
PREVIOUS ISSUES OF<br />
THE EMAGAZINE<br />
Graduate Students with leaderships from DCC and Nuvance Health and<br />
UVMLCOM Global Health Program<br />
7<br />
Y.A.L.L. continued on next page >>
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