Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña

Dr. Leti is the lead PI on the NSF HIS IUSE award that is funding this research. Dr. Leti is also the lead PI and the fire behind SF BUILD. Her passion for social justice and systemic social change is contagious. Her current research in the Health Equity Research (HER) lab is on how social disadvantage, including racism and other forms of discrimination, gets "under the skin" to cause health disparities. Her group aims to make meaningful contributions to the knowledge that will improve the health and well-being of underserved communities. Leti'smost influential mentors are her parents and grandfather, giving her a strong foundation of hard work, resourcefulness, and resilience, traits she intends to pass on to the students and faculty in SF BUILD.