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Aracely Rosales
Latinos know a lot about chronic diseases because they are living with them; what they really want is to learn ways to control and live with them in a more culturally familiar way. |
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Community Health Leaders
1997
Area(s) of expertise:
Diabetes
Leader’s Biography 1997:
Director of Latino Health Projects, Health Promotion Council, Philadelphia, PA
When Rosales, a former teacher, fled her native Guatemala to come to the United States in 1981, she spoke no English. Today, she directs the only culturally sensitive diabetes education program conducted in Spanish in Pennsylvania. Her easy-to-read guides and cookbooks serve a dual purpose of literacy and health education to a largely immigrant multicultural community.
Where this Leader can be reached today:
Principal
Plain Language and Culture
510 Carpenter Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Phone: (215) 849-0545
Email: aracely@plculture.org
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