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Indómitas will interview Dr. Berta Hernández, community organizer, promoter of Community Health Education and storyteller with extensive training in Popular Education and Theater of the Oppressed.Indómitas is a live monthly podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists.
Please note that the live podcast will be conducted in Spanish.
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___ABOUT DRA. BERTA HERNÁNDEZ___
La Dra. Berta Hernández llegó a San Francisco como trabajadora indocumentada desde la Ciudad de México a finales de los años 80 y comenzó su camino en Educación para la Salud Comunitaria como Promotora en el Distrito de la Misión de San Francisco, precisamente durante el pico de la epidemia del SIDA.
Luego de regularizar su estatus migratorio, la Dra. Hernández comenzó a trabajar en diferentes organizaciones comunitarias en el Área de la Bahía, como la San Francisco AIDS Foundation y el Instituto Familiar de la Raza en San Francisco, entre otras, supervisando a trabajadores de salud comunitarios que brindan prevención del VIH y el uso de sustancias.
Es una narradora de cuentos y tiene una amplia formación en Educación Popular y Teatro del Oprimido.
Cuenta con una Licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Hispánicas de la UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), una Maestría en Literatura Española y Latinoamericana de SFSU (San Francisco State University) y un Doctorado en Educación Comunitaria de la UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires).
___ENGLISH___
Dr. Berta Hernández arrived in San Francisco as an undocumented worker from Mexico City in the late 1980s and began her path in Community Health Education as a Promoter in the Mission District of San Francisco, precisely during the peak of the AIDS Epidemic.
After regularizing her immigration status, Dr. Hernández began working in different community organizations in the Bay Area, such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Instituto Familiar de la Raza in San Francisco, among others, supervising community health workers that provided HIV and substance use prevention.
Berta is a storyteller and has extensive training in Popular Education and Theater of the Oppressed
She has a Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), a Master's Degree in Spanish and Latin American Literature from SFSU (San Francisco State University) and a Doctorate in Community Education from UBA (University of Buenos Aires).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94110
