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Teresa Molina and Javier Alegre are 2021 winners of the RWJF Award for Health Equity. Teresa is Associate Director at University Neighborhood Partners and Assistant Professor, College of Social Work at the University of Utah while Javier is the Executive Director of Latino Behavioral Health Services. The Latino Behavioral Health Services partnership in Salt Lake City seeks to improve behavioral health and well-being among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) communities and end systemic inequities. In this video, Teresa and Javier discuss how the services provided are “Latino led and provided,” the uniqueness of the peer-to-peer model, and the importance of “bridging the language” to develop partnerships between different organizations.

Learn more about the RWJF Award for Health Equity at https://rwjf.ws/43OJDuW

Conversations With the Winners is a video series featuring one-on-one interviews with each of the 2021 winners of the RWJF Award for Health Equity. Teresa Molina and Javier Alegre were selected by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health to be honored with this award that recognizes and celebrates individuals who have changed systems and policies to move the nation toward health equity.

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