Angela G. Reyes, MPH, is the founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, a non-profit community-based organization, which she started in 1997 from her living room.
Ms. Reyes is a founding board member of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center. This organization was established in 1995 and involves multiple funded research and intervention projects aimed at increasing knowledge and addressing factors associated with health disparities of residents in Detroit, Michigan. Ms. Reyes is actively involved in several of these community based participatory research (CBPR) projects examining and addressing, for example, the social and physical environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease, the environmental triggers of childhood asthma, and capacity building for policy change.
Ms. Reyes has been the recipient of several awards for her community work, including the Michiganian of the Year, Detroit Public Schools Community Service Award, and Corp! Magazines Michigans Most Influential Hispanic Leaders. Ms. Reyes is an international speaker about issues affecting the Latino community, including youth gangs and violence, CBPR, policy development and community organizing. She sits on numerous community boards and organizations, and is active in the political empowerment of the Latino community.
Her organization, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, has developed a nationally recognized model of integrated services focused on youth and their families that include gang prevention and intervention, drop-out prevention, training in entrepreneurial skills and multi-media arts; support services for individuals transitioning out of prison such as case management, job readiness and placement, and tattoo removal; substance abuse and family counseling; HIV counseling and testing; Adult Education classes and training in technology.
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