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Overcoming Barriers: Esperanza Pintor Martinez at TEDxDesMoinesWomen

634 views · Published 20 June 2013 · 8:39 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Esperanza Pintor Martinez arrived in Iowa as an immigrant in 1993 not knowing one word of English. Nineteen years later she has earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa and a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Iowa. She is the Clinic Administrator at La Clínica de la Esperanza, having previously worked with the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership & Integration and the Center for Social and Behavioral Research at UNI. Esperanza enjoys traveling, learning, and spending time with her family and husband.

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