Mayra Vasquez

Graduation year from MPH program: December 2025

I am consulting on a research study called Produce4Life in partnerships with the American Heart Association, Hispanic Health Council, and Yale School of Public Health. At the time we would conduct the interview, I will be the phase of my study where I am going help with the organizing of in-depth interviews from the conclusion of the study. The study is regarding the affect of a community health worker and how it may influence the outcome of participants with type 2 diabetes consuming fresh fruits and vegetables with a $40 stipend.

Overall, the MPH program has opened doors for me to pursue work in my own community. For a long time I had the desire to give back to my community in a meaningful way. If it hadn’t been for the program, it wouldn’t have led me to interning for the Hispanic Health Council which in turn wouldn’t have led me to working for this current study. I owe much of the opportunities I have encountered to this program and the people who have mentored me along the way. I am very knowledgeable that I am still young and early into my career but that doesn’t mean that I am not excited about what is to come. Because the reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.