Yecenia Villarreal, Trainee

Yecenia Villarreal

TRAINEE

University of Arizona Student yeceniav@email.arizona.edu

YECENIA VILLARREAL Yecenia Villarreal was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a first-generation college student at the University of Arizona and will be graduating in May of 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health with an emphasis in global health. Yecenia aims to continue her studies and earn a Master of Public Health degree and a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (PA). During her free time, Yecenia likes to read self-improvement/mystery books, listen to lifestyle podcasts, and practice yoga.

Yecenia wants to become a primary care PA because she is passionate about providing health care to and serving vulnerable and underserved communities. She wants to be a driving force for underrepresented minority groups in their pursuit of living a healthy and prosperous life free of chronic disease. In her time at the University of Arizona, Yecenia has volunteered in the Diamond Children’s Library at Banner Health University Medical Center, Casa Alitas Program - Aid For Migrant Families, and has recently completed her training to begin volunteering at Juntos Por La Salud, a mobile health unit providing chronic disease screening, health education, and referral to a medical home services to the under and uninsured Latino populations in Maricopa and Pima County. Yecenia is an alumna of the Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans Summer Health Professions Education Program. Furthermore, she works as an emergency room medical scribe at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and will soon begin her work as a certified nursing assistant at Catalina Post-Acute Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Project

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE INTERVENTIONS AND COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RATES IN 2ND QUARTER OF 2019

The purpose of this study was to assess whether there is a relationship between evidence-based colorectal cancer screening interventions at various health centers and their respective colorectal cancer screening rates, and the strength of that relationship. It aims to find out whether there is a positive correlation between the two variables, and if so, to utilize the findings and encourage the adoption and implementation of the interventions at the health centers to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in 50-75-year-old patients.