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Staff
Bertha A. Dominguez, MS, Education Director, is Director of Education at the Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER), UCSF Fresno. She oversees the education unit and the implementation and development of the health professions education pipeline program consisting of the middle school Junior Doctors Academy, the high school Doctors Academy and the college Health Careers Opportunity Program. She works closely with school site and university administrative staff in the development of the pipeline programs. She supervises the Academic Program Coordinators and support staff for each of the segments of the education pipeline programs. She is a CollegeEd trainer for the College Board CollegeEd program, facilitator for the Junior Doctors Academy and Doctors Academy parent empowerment workshops, and facilitator for teen communication and self-esteem workshops. She has presented on the educational pipeline program in numerous state and national conferences. She serves as the education unit representative for the LaCMER Partnerships for Health Professions Education (PHPE) council.
Diana Cantu, MA, Academic Program Coordinator III has been with the Educational team for four years. She is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the educational activities for students of the pipeline program who are enrolled in the Junior Doctors Academy (JDA) and Doctors Academy (DA) programs. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of the Academic Intervention Program (AIP) for approximately 300 students. She serves at four middle schools and one high school within Fresno County. She works closely with students, parents, school site teachers, counselors, and the administrative staff and serves as a strong student advocate in support of student’s academic, social and career development. Ms Cantu is stationed at Sunnyside High School site two days a week and commutes to the middle school sites two days per week.
Cassandra Gomez-Abshire, MPH, Academic Program Coordinator III is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of educational activities for students in the California State University, Fresno Health Careers Opportunity Program. She collaborates with the school site staff.
Geraldina Espinoza, BA, Academic Program Coordinator
Marlen Taylor, Administrative Assistant II provides administrative support to the Academic Program Coordinators working
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