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Na Vali Daatun) to provide prenatal education and assistance in accessing health and
social services to pregnant, indigenous women.

HELDA PINZON - PÉREZ, a native of Colombia, South America, is a faculty member
in the Department of Health Science at California State University, Fresno. Her research
interests center on multicultural issues in health care, international health, and holistic
health. She teaches multiple courses related to cultural competence and is a member
of the Multicultural Involvement Committee of the American Association for Health

Education. She received her RN degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in
Bogota, Colombia, and her PhD degree from the Pennsylvania State University.

ANN L. SWARTZ is an instructor of nursing at the Pennsylvania State University,
Harrisburg. She is a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric clinical nurse specialist.
She has received an MSN degree with a family nurse practitioner certificate from Wid-

ener University, an MSN degree from the Catholic University of America, and a BSN
degree from the University of Virginia. She is currently pursuing her EdD degree at the
Pennsylvania State University.

ELIZABETH J. TISDELL is an associate professor of adult education at the Pennsylvania
State University, Harrisburg. She researches and writes about culturally responsive edu-
cation and spirituality in higher education. She earned her EdD degree at the University
of Georgia, MA degree at Fordham University, and BA degree at the University of Maine,
Orono.

KAY WOODIEL has been at Eastern Michigan University since 1998, where she serves
as associate professor of health education. Since 2005, she has served as director of the
Department of Diversity and Community Involvement, which includes the Center for
Multicultural Affairs; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center
(LGBTRC); the VISION (Volunteers in Service to our Neighborhoods) office; and the

Women ’ s Center. She has received two teaching awards at EMU: the LGBTRC has rec-
ognized her with its Role Model and Mentor Award and the Women ’ s Center has recog-
nized her as a Woman of Excellence. She has also received two faculty fellowships at
EMU, one in diversity and the other in academic service learning. Woodiel received her
PhD degree from the University of Arkansas.

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