Diana Calderon, (she/her/ella) Masters of Public Health student in the Community Health Sciences Training Program at the University of California Los Angeles, is the January feature of the Health Equity Edition of MCH Leads. In her blog entry, titled “Advancing Health Equity and Mentorship in MCH,” Diana applies MCH Competency 7 (Cultural Competency) and Competency 9 (Developing Others through Teaching, Coaching, and Mentoring) to her work with the National MCH Workforce Development Center, in partnership with the University of Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children (UIC DSCC). “While collaborating with my co-intern, I assessed Illinois’ capacity to improve access to medical homes for CYSHCN. Our work produced several findings and recommendations that will guide the state’s next steps.”
Diana is a 2nd year Masters of Public Health student concentrating in Community Health Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles. She is a current trainee in the Child Family Health Training Program within UCLA’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Center of Excellence. She is passionate about reproductive justice and MCH, which has influenced her career goal to conduct research regarding health equity for underserved communities. She is currently a reproductive justice community leader with California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. There she has the opportunity to center reproductive justice values in research projects to bolster health equity among women of color.
Learn more about Diana’s contributions here!