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Binational Health Week: Community Efforts for Cross-Border Well-being

By Esteban Villanueva
Champions For Health
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Binational Health Week is a mobilization of efforts by community organizations to improve the health and well-being of the cross-border community. Consul General of Mexico Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez and the Secretary of Health Xavier Becerra presented an overview of the impact on the Latino community health needs and issues of most concern. Attendees included Nora Vargas, Adama Dyoniziak, Wilma Wooten, Linda Hill, Luis Gutierrez Reyes, Jorge Alcocer Varela, Gabriela Stichler, and Paul Hegyi, among others. Champions for Health played an integral part of supporting the vision of a healthy border community.

Highlights from Binational Health Week: Promoting Health Across Borders

Adama Dyoniziak and Director of Public Health Services Wilma Wooten
Adama Dyoniziak and Director of Public Health Services Wilma Wooten
Consul General de Mexico en San Diego Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez and Linda Hill
Consul General de Mexico en San Diego Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez and Linda Hill
Luis Gutierrez Reyes and Andy Carey
Luis Gutierrez Reyes and Andy Carey
Paul Hegyi and Supervisor Nora Vargas
Paul Hegyi and Supervisor Nora Vargas
Secretariat of Health of Mexico Jorge Alcocer Varela and Gabriela Stichler
Secretariat of Health of Mexico Jorge Alcocer Varela and Gabriela Stichler
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Adama Dyoniziak
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Adama Dyoniziak
Esteban Villanueva
Esteban Villanueva
Esteban Villanueva was born in Washington D.C. and raised in La Jolla. He attended both Francis Parker and The Bishop’s School locally before going to Dartmouth College where he received his B.S. in Biology and Pepperdine School of Law where he received his J.D. focusing Entertainment Law. He worked in the Latin music industry where his projects went on to win 14 Grammy Awards for artists including Ricky Martin and Carlos Santana. After starting GB Magazine with Danitza Villanueva in 2007, he has gone on to win awards and recognition from the community for his support of helping raise millions of dollars for non-profit organizations. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Air & Space Museum and resides in East County in San Diego where he and his wife Danitza run DAESVI Publishing, home to GB Magazine, among several other publications.

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