Bio
Jessica Otero Machuca, MPH CHES, is a doctoral student in Global Health and Development at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She is passionate about using participatory methods and principles of human-centered design in producing innovative solutions to public health issues. She is specifically interested in working with Latin American immigrants and supporting social innovation in Latin America. In doing so, she hopes to address the social determinants of health contributing to health inequities in Latin American and immigrant populations. Specifically, her goal is to address structural, systemic, and migration-related barriers contributing to negative health outcomes in Latin American populations across the Americas.
Areas of Interest
- Behavior and Health
- Cancer Prevention
- Community Based Research
- Global Health
- Health Communication
- Health Literacy
- Health Promotion
- Mental Health
- Advocacy
- Chronic Diseases
- Community Health & Development
- Health Disparities
- Health Education
- Social Epidemiology
- Health and Human Rights
- Multicultural Studies
- Social Determinants of Health
- Implementation Science
Education
- Bachelor of Science, University of Florida
- Master of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill