Mentored an educational intervention in a Mexican indigenous community as part of the REDNACECYT-MD4SG Summer of Science program
REDNACECYT-MD4SG 2023 Summer of Science Program
The Summer of Science Program aims to empower female students from indigenous communities in Mexico, assisting them in designing and executing research projects to benefit their local communities. This year, I had the privilege of collaborating with Anai Domingo Martínez, an indigenous woman from the Tének community. We worked on the project titled “An met’antalab, ¿jant’ey a exlal?: An Evaluation of an Educational Intervention for Indigenous Adolescents on Knowledge about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).”
Anai’s initiative centered on an educational intervention, conducted in the Tének language, to spread awareness about HPV at a public high school in San Antonio, San Luis Potosí. The outcomes of this intervention were showcased in a poster presentation at EAAMO ‘23.