2023 SHARE Scholars

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Aranxta Bonifaz-Rosas
Emory University

Project Title: “Peer navigation as a strategy to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis access and uptake among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic”

Mentor: Dr. Deanna Kerrigan

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Elisbeth Gallardo
University of California - Merced, Class of 2022

Project Title: “Awareness and Knowledge of U=U Among Latina Immigrant Transgender Women in the DMV Area”

Co-Mentors: Dr. Maria Cecilia Zea & Dr. Ana María del Rio-González

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Sebastian Garcia
Case Western Reserve University

Project Title: “The Perspectives of providers on access to HIV services among Latinos in DC during the COVID-19 Pandemic“

Mentor: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz

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Giselle Reynoso
Claremont Mckenna College, Class of 2022

Project Title: “C(arceral)ycle of Harm: On Community Surveillance and HIV Risk”

Mentor: Dr. Kim Blankenship

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Maria Rojas
Sewanee: The University of The South

Project Title: “PrEP Stigma Perceptions and PrEP Usage Among Latina Immigrant Transgender Women in the DMV Area”

Co-Mentors: Dr. Maria Cecilia Zea & Dr. Ana María del Rio-González

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Michael Segovia
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Project Title: “Examining the association between partner violence experiences and frequency of condomless sex among Latinx transgender and gender-expansive individuals”

Mentor: Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz