Norma De Aguinaga Garcia

Trussville, AL

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There are many things in my life that have shaped me up to this point, but the one thing that has impacted me the most is my ability to help others through translation and interpretation. I am most passionate about helping the Spanish speaking communities and helping them cross the language barrier to get them the help and attention they need. As a pre-dental student, I hope to one day be able to give my Spanish speaking patients the same exceptional experience that I would give any other patient. I want to break down the language barrier and facilitate access to treatment as well as improve the patient and doctor relationship. I believe it is necessary for all people to be exposed to different cultures in order to gain the knowledge needed to treat all types of patients. This experience will allow me to increase my knowledge about other cultures as well as teach me to facilitate treatment to other needed communities.

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Website: http://globalbrigades.org

Phone: (206) 489-4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Birmingham is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.