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DR. GONZALEZ-GUARDA IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NURSING, WITH
TENURE, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. SHE HAS WORKED ON COMMUNITY
HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH TARGETING HISPANICS AND OTHER HEALTH
DISPARITY POPULATIONS IN THE U.S., LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND
EUROPE. HER RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ON THE INTERSECTION OF SUBSTANCE
ABUSE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AMONG
HISPANICS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURALLY TAILORED INTERVENTIONS.
SHE IS ALSO THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF A COMMUNITY-BASED
PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH STUDY AIMING TO DEVELOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR HISPANICS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
As she was about to board an airplane to join
several University of Miami nursing students
studying at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain,
Rosa shared some details about her career path
and motivations.
Rosa came to Palmer Trinity as a junior, and
though she spent only the last two years of high
school at PTS, "it was a very important part of
my development," she remarks. "I grew up in
Miami and attended Catholic school from 3
rd
grade onward. When I was a teenager, I realized
ROSA
GONZALEZ-GUARDA
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