Editorial Team
Editors
Carolina Duenas is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa, pursuing a major in Spanish and a minor in Chemistry on the pre-medicine track. Carolina recognizes the power of health narratives in cultivating empathy and fostering a deeper understanding of health experiences. In addition to her academic pursuits, she actively engages in volunteer work at RVAP (Rape Victim Advocacy Program), where she has gained firsthand insight into the significance of individuals having control over their own narratives.
Mia Gales is a fourth year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa. Her connection to Salud was born out of realizing the power of sharing stories, especially ones that cross cultural lines. Through her studies within the Spanish department she recognized the power of sharing stories of lived health experiences. Along with this she saw that storytelling can equip someone with a very important tool–empathy.
Emma Petrocchi is a fourth year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa studying Spanish and Chemistry on the pre-medicine track. She is committed to sharing health narratives to allow deeper understanding of health and wellness through hearing and comparing individuals' varied experiences.Throughout her experience volunteering at local hospitals, she saw how reading and hearing health narratives can create empathy and understanding.
Lesley Trujillo is a fourth year undergraduate student at the University of Iowa. She is majoring in Global health Studies and minoring in Human Physiology on the pre-physician assistant track. Observing health care practices in Kisumu, Kenya during her study abroad internship, she came to understand the health inequities in the U.S healthcare system and in other countries in a new light.
Faculty Advisor
Kristine Muñoz is Professor of Spanish and Director of Global Health Studies at the University of Iowa. As an educator and researcher, she has pursued issues of how to bring scholarly and creative work about Spanish-speaking cultures into public digital spaces in ways that are accessible and compelling. The idea of a Spanish-language magazine of health narratives written and edited by undergraduate students was inspired by seeing the wide range of publishing opportunities available to students, of which only a few were in Spanish. In courses titled Spanish Health Narratives, Culture, Language and Health and Foundations of Health Humanities, she sees firsthand the power of storytelling to understand health and illness, and to heal.
