Our Team

Rebecca Lozoya, BS

Rebecca is a graduate student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville. She is majoring in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences with a Maternal and Child Health certificate. She graduated from UTRGV in December of 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology.

Rebecca’s favorite type of wellness activity is dancing, especially while she is studying. She likes to give herself “dance breaks” to relax. When in doubt, she just dances it out! She loves to bake organic cookies for a quick and healthy snack.

Stephany Diaz, MPH, MS

Stephany Diaz is a Research Coordinator II whose educational background centers on Public Health, Behavioral Health, and Biomedical Informatics. Her research interest revolves around data and how to use it better to help alleviate health disparities among the underserved/minorities.

Jessica Perez, MSHS

Jessica is a Program Coordinator whose educational background centers on exercise, nutrition, and health administration. Her life-long commitment to helping minority groups and in-risk populations served as an inspiration to professionally develop in Public Health with Community-Wide Campaign at UTHealth School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus. 

During her free time, she enjoys doing activities with her family, learning and creating healthy recipes, as well as traveling. 

Marcelina Marcelina Martinez

Marcelina (Nina)is a health promoter and Zumba instructor for 13 years now, at the UT Health School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus. She really enjoys all the activities in the development of her work, but what she loves the most is interacting with the participants, either by bringing them information or when giving an exercise class.

She is a proud mother of 2 children, enjoys Sunday family day, a day where she goes to the movies with her husband and children.

Alba Flores

Alba is a Community Health Worker (CHW) and works as a health promoter and Zumba instructor. She is very happy and grateful for her work because it allows her to have contact with many people who she can help in different ways.

Alba likes to exercise, socialize, cook, help out, listen to music and dance. She enjoys family time, and believes in friendship, loyalty, sincerity and in ” Love ” which to her is the force that moves human beings, but most importantly that she believes in GOD. Alba enjoys a sunrise, sunset or dusk always, no matter the place, it is just appreciating the wonderfulness of life.

Mirna Carrizales

Mirna Community Health Worker (CHW) and a Health Promoter. She is also an exercise instructor as well as certified in Phlebotomy and CPR.

Mirna likes to travel with her family and visit new places. She adores nature and loves nutrition. In her free time she enjoys working on her garden and taking care of her plants, she likes to read and learn new topics of all kinds. Most importantly she is a mother of 3 beautiful children whom she loves very much. One of Mirna’s favorite foods among others is the “Entomatadas de queso fresco”.