Honoring and commending Dr. Jamile Tellez Lieberman, Dr. PH, MPH, for her dedication to public health and service to the North Philadelphia Community.
WHEREAS, Dr. Jamile Tellez Lieberman graduated from Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health with a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in June 2022, where she completed a significant dissertation on the mental health impacts of parental deportation among U.S.-citizen children of Mexican immigrants, exploring the role of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino discrimination; and
WHEREAS, During her time at Drexel University, Dr. Lieberman focused on Latino immigrant health, community-based participatory research, maternal and child health, and the intersection of arts and health; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Tellez Lieberman was selected as a Global Alliance for Training in Health Equity Research (GATHER) Fellow, working with the National Institute for Public Health of Mexico on COVID-19 orphanhood initiatives; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Tellez Lieberman has made significant contributions to public health through her work with the Latino Health Collective in Philadelphia and the DrPH Coalition, including serving on a taskforce for the Tule River Indian Tribe in California; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Tellez Lieberman is the Director of the newly established Esperanza Institute for Latino Health Equity, in addition to her leadership of the Housing and Economic Development (EHED) division at Esperanza; and
WHEREAS, Esperanza is one of the nation's largest Hispanic, faith-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to addressing the root causes of systemic poverty; in this capacity, Dr. Lieberman will apply her extensive public health expertise to serve North Philadelphia communities, viewing this role as the fulfillment of her calling and mission; and
WHEREAS, At Esperanza, Dr. Jamile Tellez Lieberman works to strengthen the Hispanic/Latino community in the Hunting Park neighborhood, which is home to diverse communities of color, including a...
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