She is also the Director of the Latino Initiative for Better Health Research and Education of the FAMU Center for Health Equity, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her areas of interest include: Latino health, Latina and African American women’s health, community organizing to address health inequities, cultural and community influences on health protective behaviors, community-based participatory research, health literacy, and racial and ethnic disparities in higher education. Correspondence regarding this article can also be addressed directly to: ivette.lopez@famu.edu.