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This book is a memoir. Throughout this storytelling narrative, the reader will be taken on a journey that is full of adventures and rich in serendipity. The author takes the reader on a journey through his academic experience in five US states and six universities. The book has three sections. Part 1 begins with the immigrant experience of the author's family. Part 1 covers the author's early years, growing-up in Mexico City, including his college experience, and later his International Nutrition studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In Part 1, the author shares his entry into his academic career where he discovers his passion for public health. He writes about his road to public health to seek a philosophy of scholarship bridging science with human justice. Part 2 focuses on the author's work with community health workers. In Part 2, the author sets the stage and explains ways to transform communities and to bring health justice. Finally, in Part 3, the author presents a new vision with a new actor: the community spiritual worker. The book is a vibrant and colorful tapestry, full of inspirational real-life stories, cultural foods, poems, songs, and many accounts of the author's rich life experience, living in two cultures, Mexico and the US, and working in various universities. The author sheds light on the people who have been in the shadows and who have been invisible within communities. The book emphasizes that working with communities is an art.

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Hector G. Balcazar, MS, PhD, grew up in Mexico and later worked in five US universities after completing his graduate degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.Dr. Balcazar has extensive experience as a leader in public health education, research, service, and community outreach working with community health workers. Dr. Balcazar specialized in the study of public health problems of Latinos/Mexican Americans.Dr. Balcazar is bilingual: Spanish/English. He is a public health scientist who has conducted numerous studies. These studies include topics such as acculturation and health related behaviors, including the study of bicultural families. Additional studies include cardiovascular disease prevention programs in Latinos/Mexican Americans and border health issues. Dr. Balcazar has over 180 publications, including 103 peer-reviewed journal articles.Dr. Balcazar is retired and lives with his wife in Mexico. They have three grown sons. Dr. Balcazar and his wife enjoy spending time in their Baha'i inspired botanical garden and refuge, called: Refugio del Resplandor. (Front book photo: Acacia Tree. This tree is one of the beloved trees from the Refugio del Resplandor.)

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