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April 5, 2023

Food Insecurity

I would like to offer special thanks to Dr. Lori Boies for such a wonderful class in Fundamentals of Epidemiology to be able to obtain my certificate in public health.

Aileen Trevino

Hello, I am Aileen Trevino. I am a third-year biology major here at StMU. I am currently taking Dr. Boies Fundamentals of Epidemiology, and I had such a wonderful time creating and publishing my first ever infographic concerning Public Health. After StMU, I plan on completing a Radiology Program at St. Philip's College.

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  • Daniela Garza Martinez

    Hi Aileen! Excellent work on writing such an entertaining piece to read! It’s unfortunate that inflation has become one of the primary reasons why many can’t buy healthy food, especially in recent years. Thank you for having brought attention to this extremely vital matter of public health. Let’s put our knowledge to use and get involved in the community in the hopes that the situation will improve.

  • Joseph Frausto

    Having volunteered with the San Antonio Food BAnk, it is insane to see how prevalent issues such as this are in our community. I appreciate that your infographic points out that issues such as this disproportionately affect communities of color, a fact all too present in San Antonio today. Great job highlighting this huge issue facing our society and congratulations on your nomination.

  • Yaniev Ibarra

    Great Infographic Aileen! your infographic is impressive with its detailed work. It contains a wealth of valuable information, and I gained a lot of knowledge from it. I find it fascinating that simply by consuming the right foods, one can significantly improve their health. Overall, I believe that you have done an excellent job!

  • Victoria Dubois

    The infographic is highly organized and professional in presentation and shed light on the alarming number of individuals by food insecurity. It is an important and intriguing infographic that is well executed.

  • Illeana Molina

    Food insecurity is a topic that needs to have its light shed on it as conversations need to start to make a change. Many individuals take food for granted and often waste good food, but many families all over the world are struggling. Inflation does not make it easy to buy healthy foods as that or even food at all as everything is so expensive. Health issues can arise due to the issues that food security can have on someone. Great colors, and imagery and I wish there would have been more of a compelling title or image. However, I do enjoy the message.

  • Carollann Serafin

    Food is the one thing you would hope people never have to struggle for as it is a basic human thing but the reality is that people do. The lack of food causes more damage than you think. I really enjoyed reading this and felt it was very informative and allowed me to understand more about this situation at hand! Great work

  • Greitin Rodriguez

    Many struggle to have security in their homes when it comes to food. Some don’t have the means and access to be healthy, to feed everyone, and to be able to help everyone. When there is a lack of food it could cause damage in more than one way. If we are willing to share, speak up, and find ways to help those that need food and those who lack food; we would be able to make the community a healthier place for everyone.

  • Alaina De Leon

    This infographic was so easy to follow and nice to look at. it drew me in and made me want to read the rest. I love the depictions and how they pair nicely with the rest of the publication. I believe that this is an important topic that deserves to be talked about and i must say that you did it tastefully! congratulations!

  • Kaylah Garcia

    Congratulations, Aileen, on your publication. I really liked your infographic and how you focused specifically on food insecurity in Texas. It was interesting to see the facts on which ethnicities struggle the most with food insecurity. I really liked how, in the section on “what we can do,” you mentioned looking into unemployment. I would have liked to see a little more information on it, but the infographic was excellent. Your infographic design was neat and tidy. Congratulations once more.

  • Jacqueline Galvan

    I thought this graphic on food insecurity was good but could use more information. I thought that it was easy to read, looks nice and clean, and had nice graphics, but the information was a bit few and far between. That being said, I enjoyed what I read because we have an obligation to fight food insecurity in Texas since it is such a prevalent issue for the people of our community.

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