A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Alan Rodriguez, Community Engagement Coordinator for Molina Health Systems, a Long Beach, CA company who reaches out to low-income families needing health care, informed The News Gram of the initiative his company is taking to educate our youth of the dangers and perils of diabetes and ways they can prevent the acquisition of the disease in later life.
Rosemary Santos was busy making her presentation when mascot Dr. Cleo got the attention of all children present.
Santos was attempting to instruct the children on how the body converts food into glucose, the main source for energy in the human body as well as the dangers of having an overabundance of glucose in your system.
Diabetes of course is the #1 killer of Hispanic Americans and Latinos all over the world.