HealthCare UnTold

Yarida Estrada is a community leader and organizer who has committed her life to social justice. She volunteers with numerous New Mexico and national organizations from getting out the vote by knocking on doors to working on state and national legislation.Yarida is part of the leadership team at La Plazita Institute in New Mexico whose mission is to provide a comprehensive, holistic and cultural approach designed around the philosophy of “La Cultura Cura” to engage with youth, elders and communities around various social issues. This philosophy encourages individuals to draw from their own roots and histories to express core traditional values in Latino culture of respect, honor, love, and family. One of the important goals of the organization is to help prevent recidivism amongst formerly incarcerated youth and adults.  On behalf of HealthCare UnTold we honor Yarida Estrada and her tremendous service to her communities. She serves as a model for other young leaders and our future is much brighter because of her passion and commitment.#Yaridaestrada#SWOP#Laplazitainstitute#albuquerque#laculturacura

26 Jan 202319min

Catie Harris (PhD, MBA, RN) is in the business of helping other nurses start their own businesses. Her company Nursepreneurs is committed to helping nurses start 1,000 businesses a year for the next 10 years. After many years of working in multiple nursing roles, Catie came to the realization that she had reached her career ceiling and that those nurses around her would be faced with the same dilemma.  Nursepreneurs mentors and empowers nurses to create and scale meaningful businesses using the nursing knowledge and training they already have. HealthCare UnTold applauds Catie Harris and Nursepreneurs for their creative approaches to improving business models for our health care systems utilizing the incredible training, expertise, and commitment of nurses.

19 Jan 202320min

Due to the impact of gentrification, Latinos have been faced with moving away from their established neighborhoods losing generational ties, businesses, and strong neighborhood cohesion. This forced exodus impacts Latinos' financial security and disrupts the stability and ready access to education and health services which are the elements of thriving communities .Luis Granados, CEO of the Mission Economic Development Agency in San Francisco and Board Chair of UnidosUS, the largest civil rights organization for Latinos in the US, has been working diligently for over 20 years in response to gentrification in the San Francisco Mission District.  He believes that the agency is helping to curb the tide of gentrification by becoming both a Community Development Financial Institution as well as a Housing Developer, and has grown his agency from serving hundreds to housing thousands by responding to the changing needs of the local community. Listen in to Luis's perspectives on what it will take for us to continue to protect our vibrant and historically deeply-rooted Latino communities.

12 Jan 202334min

We should imagine the world differently for the future in the post-pandemic era:A world where justice prevails and our brothers and sisters in the criminal justice systems are treated fairly and mass incarceration is a practice of the past. Those released from  our jails and prisons  have support  when they come back into the communities, support that helps them succeed.Nance Alejandrez and Luis J. Rodriguez are justice activists  and they share their thoughts and wisdom about a better world in the future.

5 Jan 202332min

(RECAST)Marcos Mendoza is appreciated throughout the Rock and Roll music world as a renowned bass player for bands like Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, The Dead Daisies, and Journey.  Marcos has also released several albums including his new album "New Directions" released in September 2022.His gratitude, positivity, and sobriety for over 30 years have contributed to him becoming one of the best bass players in the world. Listen to his inspirational journey being born into a multi-generational family of musicians in Tijuana, Mexico to playing the great Rock and Roll concert venues in the U.S., Europe, and beyond. #Marcomendoza#Newdirections#Quevivalarock#Journey#DeadDaises#rockandroll

29 Des 20221h

HealthCare Untold Hosts Gerardo and Barbara discuss a recent Executive Summary on the 2022 Latino Gross Domestic Product by Matthew Fienup from the Center for Economic Research, California Center for Economic Research, California Lutheran University.  This report highlights the power of the Latino dollar and the total economic output (or GDP) of Latinos in the United States. The Latino GDP was $2.8 trillion in 2020, up from $2.1 trillion in 2015, and $1.7 trillion in 2010. According to this report, the Latino GDP would be the fifth largest GDP in the world, larger even than the GDPs of the United Kingdom, India or France.  The fact that members of the Latino community are younger and have not hit their top earnings means that our GDP will continue to grow and further support the US economy. Gerardo and Barbara emphasize the importance of investing in the Latino community's health and education to ensure that the US economy remains vibrant and booming!

22 Des 202219min

Juan Antonio Cuéllar has been responsible for digitizing the most extensive collection of Mexican and Mexican American recordings in the world known as The Strachwitz Frontera Collection. Since February 2002, Cuéllar has personally digitized, listened to, and archived over 130k songs, which are currently available through the UCLA Digital Library.  Born in Los Caños, Aguascalientes, he immigrated with his family to Northern California to start a new life.  He was raised in Santa Cruz and eventually moved to San Francisco to attend the California Culinary Academy where he worked the hotel circuit in and around San Francisco until he took another creative outlet, and that was playing trombone for San Francisco-based bilingual Punk band, La Plebe.  Cuellar is in the finishing stages of digitizing the collection and will start on the next phase which is to disseminate the knowledge he has acquired over the last 20 years of digitizing and is transitioning into a new position as the Frontera Collection Curator at the Arhoolie Foundation.  This past September marked the first of what will be many exhibitions curated by Cuellar called "Rumo A California."  The exhibit looks at California record labels and how they documented and promoted Mexican music in the state over the last 100 years. Frontera YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@fronteracollection4016 Frontera Collection at UCLA: https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/ Rumbo a California Online Exhibition: https://rumboacalifornia.org/ Lydia Mendoza song: Canta, Pajarito Canta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVj0uhcIJI&ab_channel=FronteraCollection Lydia Mendoza Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJv1UYhNlyyA0KEjbJNHztPZLCirum1vZ

15 Des 202234min

Rafael E. Salazar II, MHS, OTR/L (Rafi) is a licensed Occupational Therapist based in Georgia. Rafi has worked in a variety of settings, from orthopedic and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, to academia, and even healthcare consulting. He spent the majority of his clinical experience working at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, where he was the lead clinician and clinical education coordinator for the outpatient specialty rehab program. In this role, he treated many veterans with chronic pain and helped to establish an interdisciplinary pain management program. He has worked on projects ranging from patient engagement initiatives to marketing communication campaigns to a multi million dollar project assisting the State of Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities transition individuals out of state institutions to community residences. He has worked as an independent healthcare consultant since 2017, as the Principal Owner of Rehab U Practice Solutions, helping healthcare organizations and private PT/OT clinics develop effective patient engagement and retention strategies. Rafi also hosts The Better Outcomes Show, a podcast that explores the possibilities of a new healthcare and is the author of Better Outcomes: A Guide to Humanizing Healthcare. He has a passion for helping people overcome their limitations & pain to return to doing the things they love. He’s on a mission to make healthcare human again. He is also the CEO of ProActive Rehabilitation & Wellness, a multidisciplinary outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic serving patients experiencing musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

8 Des 202230min