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Speaking to make a difference | Athena Ramos | TEDxUNO

1,330 views · Published 16 March 2015 · 16:38 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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We encounter about 100,000 words every day. Those words can often be poison to the public health of a community, but more importantly, they are often the antidote. Imagine what life would be like if almost all 100,000 of those words were positive. 

Athena Ramos is a native Nebraskan who serves as the Community Health Program Coordinator for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and an Instructor in the Department of Health Promotions, Social & Behavioral Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

In her role as Community Health Program Manager, Athena leads a Latino outreach and engagement team and serves as principal investigator for a number of community-based health research and education initiatives including a tobacco control outreach program, migrant farmworker mental health study, immigrant agricultural worker health study and various women and girls programs. She is also an entrepreneur and owns The Front Porch Eatery, a small restaurant in Murray, Nebraska.  

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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