 EXPORT fellows community involvement over this past year was evident on Friday, April 29, 2005, during the “Spring Wrap Up” held in the Arizona Cancer Center, room 2920 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. EXPORT Fellows presented the work and outreach they participated in over the past year to the Project EXPORT faculty and staff community. Presentations show cased fellows’ success in developing linkages between the resources of the university and Project EXPORT communities as well as the establishment of relationships with community leaders. The “Wrap Up” was followed by lunch with the fellows in Southside Tucson after which they were lead on a tour by fellow Luis Perales to key Southside community partners, organizations and locations. Dean Swanson PI, Dr. Antonio Estrada, Co-PI, Joel Meister, Chris Tisch, Lynda Bergsma, Scott Carvajal, Htay Hla, Kathryn Coe, Linda Don, Griselda Martinez, Athena Ganchorre, Darlene Lopez, and Martha Monroy all came out to support the fellows. “Outstanding session.” Dean Swanson said, “I was pleased to hear about what the fellows are doing.’ Overall, “The wrap up was great. The fellows were all very poised and showed great enthusiasm.” “Much of the work presented was very substantive.” Dr. Antonio Estrada said.
 Among the fellows who presented were Lilia Alvarez and Larissa Estes. They delivered a presentation on the work they and Angela Valencia engaged in over the year in Southside Tucson. A few examples of the many activities they participated in was creating culturally appropriate physical education materials and presenting the materials at local community events. In the spring the three fellows concentrated their efforts on creating a healthy traditional recipe book that will be disseminated among families working with the Southside Promotora diabetes educational classes. Alvarez graduated this spring with a Master’s degree in Mexican American Studies Latino Health Strand and will attend medical school this August in Cuba. Estes graduated this spring with a Master’s in Public Health and will be an ASPH/HRSA fellow in the Office of Women’s Health from June 2005-June 2006 in Washington DC.
Coronado presented the School Health Index project that she, Catherine LeCense and Miguel Vasquez worked on under the mentorship of Debray Pickney and with the Sunnyside School District. In addition Coronado had been working on several other projects including coordinating the Latina Institute and The Adalante Conference. Coronado is one of three whom recently was awarded $1,000 as Nichols Initiative Scholars for internship and research proposals that best promote policy, advocacy or innovative service delivery in rural or border health. This summer Coronado will travel to Washington DC as an intern with the Department of Health and Human Services working in the area of HIV/AIDS in Latino populations.
Of the continuing fellows Angie Fransworth and Anna Valencia presented their work on an EXPORT pilot project “Media Wise Families” under the guidance of Professor Bergsma. They spoke to the impact of images used for advertising alcohol and tobacco on families and their work to begin to increase the media literacy of families living in Southside Tucson. The presentation drew questions from the audience and opened up opportunities for faculty and staff to increase their media literacy. Chris Tisch, Dean of Student Affairs noted, “It’s great when the students teach the faculty and staff.”
Fellows who also presented included Angelina Borbon, Lisa Fong and Tennille Marley, Yesenia Lopez, Tomas Nuño and Luis Perales.
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