Project Team
The Keeping it REAL Project: Re-storying Health Equity through Artistic Expression & the Amplification of Lived Experiences

Dawn Bounds, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, MFA
Artist, Educator

Adriadne Meyers
UCI School of Nursing
Project Team
Improving Knowledge and Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias among Promotores in Santa Ana, California

Christian Salazar, PhD, MPH
Associate Researcher
UCI MIND
UCI MIND

Guillermo Alvarez, BA
Program Coordinator
Latino Health Access
Latino Health Access

Maria Corona, PhD
Neuropsychologist
UCI MIND
UCI MIND
Project Team
Reducing Korean American Mental Health Service Use Disparities Through Capacity-Building with Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE)

Biblia Cha, PhD, MPH
Post-Doctoral Scholar
UCI School of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine

Hyepin Im, CPA, MBA, MDiv
President, CEO
Faith and Community Empowerment LA
Faith and Community Empowerment LA
Project Team
Stress and Resilience Measurement for Vietnamese Americans

Jacqueline Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor In Residence, Medicine, School of Medicine

Becky Nguyen, MPH, MPA
ED Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation

George M. Slavich, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA
UCLA
Project Team
Multidisciplinary Scientific Collaborative Engagement and Person-Centered Assessment in a Racially Diverse Faith-Based Community

Fawaz Al Ammary, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine

Amin Rafiq
President, CEO Islamic Center of Irvine
Project Team
Community Led Soil Lead Sampling Project in Avocado Heights, California

Karen Valladares
PhD Student Environmental and Occupational Health, UCI

Daniel Talamantes
PhD Candidate Avocado Heights Vaquer@s

Veronica Vieira, DSC
Professor and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Public Health

Alana LeBron, PhD
Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Scott Bartell, PhD
Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health