Edgardo Ramirez is a doctoral student/researcher in Clinical Psychology and a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow with over 10 years of community-engaged research experience. As a first-generation, Latinx with immigrant roots, Edgardo aspires to conduct research that centers the lived experiences of underserved communities confronting health-related adversities, specifically cancer. Through leveraging theoretical frameworks that consider how unique sociocultural processes and environmental contexts interact within these communities to shape physical and psychological health, Edgardo hopes to develop interventions that promote integrative healthcare among Latinx communities. Edgardo also has experience as an instructor and mentor for first-generation students of color, and is committed to becoming a scholar-activist and educator/mentor who leverages his lived experience to serve the greater community.
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