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Maria de Jesus Diaz-Perez is the director of public reporting at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC). Maria has a doctoral degree in Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Social Psychology from the National Autonomous University in Mexico City. Maria´s professional career has included research, program design, management and evaluation with the overall goal of increasing access to equitable and high-quality primary health care for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, particularly immigrants. Maria is a fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program.

diploma in community health and development.

I'm an Advanced Practice Nurse (both a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner) with a background in adult and pediatric oncology, palliative and hospice care, symptom management, and geriatrics now working with the underserved population with chronic medical and behavioral health conditions/ disease

Debbie Gilmer is the Associate Director of Syntiro where she is the Director of the Center for Self-Determination, Health & Policy, Project Director of the Maine High School Equivalency Program (HEP) funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education and a UMF staff member. She also serves as Co-Director of the Maine State GEAR UP program working to raise aspirations and improve preparation for college for students from low income backgrounds across Maine. She previously worked at UMaine where she was the Associate Director of the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and worked statewide to build the capacity of schools to support all students in inclusive classrooms. She has directed numerous state and federally funded projects in the areas of employment, transition, health care, inclusive education and positive behavior supports and is a well-regarded presenter and teacher.