Dr. Catalina Esperanza Garcia is an anesthesiologist in Dallas Texas. It was not easy for her to earn her degree and establish her reputation as a doctor. She worked hard and accomplished everything she had imagined. She grew up in a poor neighborhood in El Paso. It was hard for her to earn her doctorate degree. She studied hard in school. Despite all of the challenges. Catalina has become a successful doctor. She has been working for more than twenty five years. Dr. Garcia has helped many people and won several awards.(Our Donors University Of Texas at El Paso).
“Dr. Catalina Esperanza Garcia grew-up in el Segundo Barrio, one of El Paso’s oldest and poorest neighborhoods” (Our Donors University Of Texas at El Paso).
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to be a doctor. “In sports they tell you to imagine making the perfect shot, well for me the perfect shot was walking down the hospital corridor, dressed as a physician in a white coat with a stethoscope.”"I wanted to be a doctor since I was 5 years old," she said. "We lived in a housing project, and the county clinic was close by, and the first doctor I knew was a woman.”- catalina She would always look at the large houses in El Paso. She wanted a beautiful house, and her dad told her that if she got a good education she could have one”(Latina Doctor made History In Dallas). She attended Texas Western College in 1960. She completed a four year degree in biology. After acquiring her bachelor’s degree, Catalina moved to Dallas. She attended UT Southwestern. Her classmates were not welcoming. "So many times I would run into people who had misconceptions of Latinos. I realized what they had been telling me – that I was different. I wasn't different; they just hadn't met enough of us. I felt I was carrying a burden in a way"(Latina Doctor made History In Dallas). “I had great difficulty finding a [medical] group that would be interested in me," she said, "but finally the group I joined called me. 'Can we meet you and your husband?' That killed me."Much the same happened when she applied for a bank loan to pay for a very expensive insurance policy."I had the medical degree, but they wouldn't lend me the money. My husband had to co-sign the loan," Dr. Garcia said. "That was all part of the legacy that women faced," she said. "You had to understand the playing field and stay within the rules. But we still found ways to accomplish what we needed to do"(Dream of becoming a doctor undeterred for Catalina Garcia). Her professors treated her fairly. While she was there she was in a severe car crash. Catalina had multiple surgeries. Catalina was one of the first Latina women to graduate UT Southwestern Medical School. Not many Latinas even attended college in the 1960s. “A number of Tejanos made high achievement-test scores, graduated from high school, and undertook postsecondary education. The group included those who completed secondary school between 1917 and 1940 and those who completed postsecondary education during the 1960s and 1970s. This achievement occurred in spite of the fact that prior to the 1950s a majority of Tejano students dropped out between the third and sixth grades. The emergence of a professional and intellectual group has encouraged others. As the twentieth century draws to a close, Tejanos can view with pride the increasing number of Tejano college and university graduates and their expanded involvement in professional and public life.”Catalina Graduated in 1969 and has more than twenty five years of experience” (Latina Doctor made History In Dallas). Dr. Catalina Esperanza Garcia works in many hospitals including Baylor Medical Center. Dr. Garcia has many accomplishments that have made her famous in the Dallas area. “She is a founding member of the philanthropic Dallas Women’s Foundation. She served on the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and as an officer in the American Medical Women’s Association. She’s also one of the early donors to the city’s Latino Cultural Center and teaches English to immigrant women” (Dallas doctor wins service group’s Latina Living Legend award). In 2013 she was awarded with the Living Latina Ledgend award. “Since 2001, this award has been presented to a Dallas metro-area Latina who has set a standard of excellence through her life’s work (25+ years) by opening doors, setting the standard, and serving as a catalyst for the nominee’s work that has directly benefited the community-at-large” (Latina Living Legend Award(."She had donated time and money into many people in Texas. Dr. Catalina Esperanza Garcia has no records of malpractice. “Dr.
Garcia has been actively involved in civic affairs, with a strong desire to help young Hispanic women succeed. In 2015, she established the Dr. Catalina E. Garcia Student Enhancement Endowment, which supports cultural immersion activities for students in the UTEP’s Medical Profession’s Institute (MPI). Her gifts made it possible for MPI students to travel to the Dominican Republic to research the clinical practices in the rural province of Santiago” (University Of Texas at El Paso).“One of the founders of the Dallas Women’s Foundation and a donor for 26 years, Dr. Catalina E. Garcia is a member of the Dallas Women’s Foundation Board Alumnae and the Legacy Circle. She was the first Mexican American to graduate from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and currently serves as principal of the Dallas Anesthesiology Group, P.A. She is an active board member of KERA, the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the National Hispanic Council on Aging, as well as an advisory committee member for Southern Methodist University’s Louise Raggio Lecture Series. Among Dr. Garcia’s many accolades are the Dallas Independent School System’s Volunteer of the Year Award; President and Mrs. Salinas of Mexico’s Encuentros Mujeres Award; and the Maura Women Helping Women Award”( Dallas doctor wins service group’s Latina Living Legend award). She has positive feedback from her patients and generally cares about them. “The overall average patient rating of Dr. Catalina Garcia is excellent. Dr. Catalina Garcia has been rated by 1 patients. From those 1 patients 0 of those left a comment along with their rating. The overall rating for Dr. Catalina Garcia is 5.0 of 5.0 stars.”Today there are many Latino women attending college in Texas. “In 2014, 35% of Hispanics ages 18 to 24 were enrolled in a two- or four-year college, up from 22% in 1993 – a 13-percentage-point increase. That amounted to 2.3 million Hispanic college students in 2014. By comparison, college
enrollment during this time among blacks (33% in 2014) increased by 8 percentage points, and among whites (42% in 2014) the share increased 5 points. Among Asians, 64% were enrolled in college in 2014, a nearly 9-point increase over 1999” (5 facts about Latinos and education. JENS MANUEL KROGSTADSome). “Schools are showing a good track record, Santiago points out. Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, for example, ranked fourth in the state in enrolling Latinos, yet ranked second in awarding associate degrees. The University of Central Florida ranked fifth in enrolling Hispanics in that state but ranked second in bachelor's degrees awarded Catalina is an example of a young girl who wanted to get an education. There were many things that could have held her back from earning her degree. She was Latino, a woman, and poor. Nothing stopped her from chasing her dreams. Her doctor when she was little was a woman. Catalina looked up to her. Many young girls
One can draw many parallels from Garcia’s book; at the end of Reconstruction in the United States, many African-Americans, left the South, as home rule, and Jim Crow became part of it many, left for the north, especially Chicago. Thus, making El Paso somewhat of a Chicago for the Mexicans –as many Mexicans were fleeing the many deplorable conditions of a México under the rule of Dictator Porfirio Díaz, an era that came to be known as ...
Perhaps the greatest problem faced throughout this tale was that of miscommunication. The Merced Community Medical Center or MCMC for short was the place where Lia was being treated. This hospital was the Merced county's only hospital and unlike most rural county hospital it is state of the art, ."..42,000-square foot wing ... that houses coronary care, intensive care, and transitional care units; 154 medical and surgical beds...."3 This was a teaching hospital made up of interns mostly, but also with some great doctors like Peggy Philp and Neil Ernst. Peggy and Neil are married and have children. They graduated together at the top of their class, and have created quite a practice for themselves. Although MCMC is a great rural hospital, it also has the same problems as most rural hospitals do which is the health care crunch, where most of the money goes to the urban hospitals and then the leftover money is spread among th...
Through the voice of Palo Alto, a mesquite tree, Elena Zamora O’Shea relates the story of one Spanish-Mexican family’s history, spanning over two hundred years, in South Texas, the area encompassing between the Nueces and the Rio Grande. As the narration of the Garcia’s family history progresses through the different generations, becoming more Mexican-American, or Tejano, peoples and things indigenous gradually grow faint. In her account of South Texas history, Elena devalues the importance and impact of Indians, placing a greater precedence on the Spanish settlers.
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Esperanza, a Chicano with three sisters and one brother, has had a dream of having her own things since she was ten years old. She lived in a one story flat that Esperanza thought was finally a "real house". Esperanza’s family was poor. Her father barely made enough money to make ends meet. Her mother, a homemaker, had no formal education because she had lacked the courage to rise above the shame of her poverty, and her escape was to quit school. Esperanza felt that she had the desire and courage to invent what she would become.
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The current trend in lack of Latina/o students attending college combines a lack of college readiness with a deficiency in resources to prepare this student population. More and more higher education scholars are accepting these deficiencies as roadblocks to college access, and are looking to preparation programs and parent educational resources as a subject worthy of consideration. There are many different challenges being faced by this population, a population that is according to Oliva and Nora, “the fastest growing minority population in the country”(Oliva & Nora, 2004). Research shows that “less than 43% of Hispanic high school students are qualified to enroll in 4 year institutions”(Saunders & Serna, 2004). With the rapid growth in population, this minority group needs advocacy for equal opportunities in higher learning now more than ever.
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The fathers and husbands of Hispanic families are more likely to stop their children from going to the doctor until the very last minute and are more likely themselves to not do anything until they get so sick they must go to the M., Feinglass, J., & Simon, M. A. (2013). Pregnancy Intention and Use of Contraception Among Hispanic Women in the United States: Data from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2006-2010. Journal Of Women 's Health (15409996), 22(10), 862-870 Mann, J. R., Mannan, J., Quiñones, L. A., Palmer, A. A., & Torres, M. (2010). Religion, Spirituality, Social Support, and Perceived Stress in Pregnant and Postpartum Hispanic Women Mann, J. R., Mannan J., Quiñones, L. A., Palmer, A. A., and Torres, M. Religion, Spirituality, Social Support, and Perceived Stress in.. JOGNN: Journal Of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 39(6), 645-657. Schoulte, J. C. (2011).
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Ingrid Encalada Latorre was born in Cuzco, Peru in. In 2000, Ingrid immigrated to the United States from Peru at the age of seventeen without a visa. Throughout her childhood, Ingrid lived in a poor and rural area of Peru that had no schools, hospitals, or jobs. Ingrid’s prospects in Peru never existed. Ingrid’s Aunt, however, used to tell her about the profound opportunities that existed in the United States; education, employment, and the ability to improve her quality of life all appealed to Ingrid.
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