2011 So Cal Women's Conference Magazine

Wells Fargo and Teena Hostovich present the

11th Annual

Southern California

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Health Conference & Expo

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

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TEENA HOSTOVICH

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Friend Sponsors

LiverPool SEMPRA/Gas Company City of Pasadena Kaiser Permanente

AETNA Care1st Health Plan American Cancer Society City of Hope

Media Sponsor

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Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Mother Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Welcome from Lena L. Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Kangen Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

U.S. Representative Judy Chu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Conference Fashion Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34–41

Southern California Edison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Milani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

US Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Liverpool Jeans Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Conference Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

DeanZign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Mistresses of Ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Abundant Harvest Christian Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Southern California Gas Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Denise L. Cook – The Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Invocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Expo Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Keynote Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–12

CVS Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

City of Pasadena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Kaiser Permanente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Workshop Speakers: Track 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15

AETNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

MTM – Media Technologies Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Glendale Memorial Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Ovarian Cancer Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Mahatma Brown Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Care1st Health Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Don Antonio Lugo High School Floral Design . . . . . . . 50

Workshop Speakers: Track 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–19

American Cancer Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

City of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

A Foundation for Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Committee Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Calif. Assemblymember Anthony Portantino . . . . . . . . 53

Workshop Speakers: Track 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23

Los Angeles Center for Women’s Health . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Fashion Show Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Community Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Gisela Prishker Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Community Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

ABC7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover

Feature Article – Changing the Stream: Pursuit of Equality in Women’s Health Issues . . . . . . 26–31

AT&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover

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Huntington Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . Outside Back Cover

I am very proud and pleased to welcome all of you to the 11th Annual Southern California Women’s Health Conference and Expo.

Available, affordable and effective health care – both preventative and curative – is fundamental to our quality of life. Of all services provided by both the public and private sectors, I believe there is nothing more important, more fundamental, than timely, life-preserving health care. And the fact that you all are here in attendance tells me you agree.

This educational, community-based conference brings together a broad range of practitioners in the field of women’s health. Today, you have the opportunity to hear and learn from medical doctors, holistic professionals, and self-help experts, all whom have one simple, yet profound goal: to help make your lives as healthy and enjoyable as possible. They accomplish this by sharing their expertise and experience so that you can detect, prevent, cure, and survive many of the diseases that – even a few years ago – may well have proven fatal.

This conference celebrates life and advocates healthy living. I am so glad you all are here, and I hope that you will take a lot of information and hope back to family members, friends and neighbors.

The conference would not be possible without the generous support of our incredible sponsors: Media Sponsor-ABC7 – Teresa Samaniego; Title Sponsors and conference spokespersons – Teena Hostovich and Wells Fargo; Gold Sponsors – Huntington Hospital, Southern California Edison and AT&T; Silver Sponsor – US Bank; Bronze Sponsors – Liverpool, Gas Company, City of Pasadena and Kaiser Permanente; Friend Sponsors – Aetna, American Cancer Society, Care1st and The Spot.

Our Community Partners are amazing. They host all of you and take care of all the moving parts that make this event run smoothly. The Committee Chairs are a hard-working group of people who have enriched my life. The amount of time and energy they put into this conference deserves our applause. I would like to thank all of them: Corina Mena, DeBorrah Carter, Wanda Wheeler, Gerry Sudduth, Bessie Rush-Johnson, Jerry Robin, Linda O’Hanlon, Stella Pulliam, Mrs. Sam Yarbrough, Lola Warlick-Bryant, Phoebe Brauer, Denise Morey, Denise Cook, Dan Ritey and Kelly Russell. I would also like to thank the educational vendors and hospitals for providing a wealth of information and resources to us, making the conference even more valuable to everyone in attendance.

The conference would not be a success without our brilliant speakers. Please take the time to review this program book and acknowledge our professional team of workshop speakers. In particular, I would like to acknowledge our magnificent morning speaker Mother Love and our renowned luncheon keynote Dr. Leslie Bernstein. Thank you for your contribution to our community and imparting your wisdom to all of us.

A profound thanks to my dear friend, Celebrity Designer Angela Dean, who graciously accepted our invitation to provide a fun and uplifting way to end our conference, and to Liverpool for supporting the conference and participating with Angela in presenting her latest fashion collection.

Finally, thank you to those in elected office who are advocates for health and access to health care, especially Congresswoman Judy Chu who has been our champion, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, Councilmembers Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel.

Thank you all, and let us continue to work together to make our community a healthy one!

Sincerely, Lena L. Kennedy Founder/Conference Director

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7:30 a.m.

Registration and Networking

7:30 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.

Expo and Educational Booths

8:00 a.m.- 8:45 a.m.

Opening Ceremony Teena Hostovich

Lockton Insurance Brokers

American Cancer Society Video

Invocation Rev. Micheline McFarland

Abundant Life Christian

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Remarks Congresswoman Judy Chu 32nd District, California

Opening Speech Mother Love

Closng Remarks

12: 15 p.m.

Doors Open for Luncheon Seating

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

— LUNCHEON —

Welcome Teena Hostovich

Introduce Mistress of Ceremony Teena Hostovich

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Mistress of Ceremony Denise Dador ABC7 Eyewitness News

Invocation Pastor Jean Burch Community Bible Church

Lunch Served

Introduce Head Table Denise Dador

Remarks from Title Sponsor Byron Reed Wells Fargo

Keynote Speaker Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Cancer Etiology City of Hope 1:30 p.m. Fashion Show 2:25 p.m.

Closing Remarks Denise Dador and Lena L. Kennedy

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Teena Hostovich Teena Hostovich is executive vice president of Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC and a Los Angeles business leader who is actively involved in the community. As Lockton’s top female partner internationally, she is recognized as a leading global authority on professional liability and complex risk. Her professional achievements have garnered various insurance industry and business awards. Teena has been named one of 50 “Women to Watch” internationally by Business Insurance, among the “Top 40 Women in Los Angeles” in the “Executive of the Year” category by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and Risk and Insurance Magazine’s 2011 Power Broker® and Responsibility Leader®. She also has been recognized by the California State Legislature as “Outstanding Corporate Woman” for her contributions to the community, which have focused on organizations committed to diversity, the arts, at-risk girls and their families, as well as the professional development of young women.

Her positive leadership, intellectual creativity, integrity and strong work ethic has served as an inspiration to young women she has mentored, many of whom are now in senior positions in the industry. She represents the ideology that there are no boundaries to what a woman can achieve in business. She is teaching a leadership workshop focusing on career planning and development for a group of USC Marshall School of Business students, and has taught a class at UCLA on issues facing women in the corporate world.

Denise Dador Denise Dador is the Eyewitness News Health specialist. Her Healthy Living segment is seen every day on ABC7 Eyewitness News at 4pm and 5pm. She provides additional stories about health issues for other Eyewitness News broadcasts as well as anchoring ABC7 Health specials.

In 1990, Denise took a position at Fox’s KMPH in Fresno, California. Initially a general assignment reporter, Denise was appointed South Valley bureau chief and eventually became the main anchor of the station’s nightly news. She joined ABC affiliate WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan as their health reporter in 1993. She was served as the weekend anchor, and hosted a weekly news program called “Healthy Living Live.”

Since joining ABC7 Eyewitness News in 1998, Denise has also covered breaking news, including the February 2001 Seattle Earthquake, as well as an exclusive interview with the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo regarding terrorist activities in the Philippines.

Denise has received numerous journalism and community service awards. She was the recipient of an Emmy for outstanding news feature reporting. She was awarded Best News Feature from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, as well as the Outstanding Health Reporting award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Denise received the Profiles in Progress award from the American Cancer Society for a series on breast cancer.

The Filipino American Library, SIPA and various other notable Filipino American groups have also honored Denise for her commitment to community involvement.

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We’re proud to be a part of the 11th Annual Southern California Women’s Educational Health Conference.

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Morning Session

Dr. Micheline McFarland Abundant Harvest Christian Center Dr. Micheline McFarland has been called by God to cause deliverance in the lives of people and to open the spiritual eyes of the nation through the gift of prophecy. Her passion is in seeing people empowered, equipped, and delivered as she teaches the revealed Word of the Kingdom of God. Since 1994, Dr. Micheline, along with her husband Dr. Anthony McFarland, has been blessing people with the anointing on her life and the Word of God through various conventions and seminars which include MinistryandMarriage.org; Self-Esteem Programs for women; and DaughtersofDivinedestiny.org.

She is well known throughout her community and all over the state as one who helps people and has a heart to see others succeed. Prior to receiving her call into the ministry, Dr. Micheline was a very successful beauty specialist and day-spa owner for 22 years.

Luncheon

Pastor Jean Burch Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena Pastor Jean Burch is the senior pastor of Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena.

Prior to her appointment as senior pastor in April 2000, she served the church as assistant pastor under her father, Pastor Emeritus John W. Burch.

In March 2000 Pastor Jean ended a 20 year career in the legal profession to become a full time pastor. Before becoming senior pastor of CBC she spent the last six years of her professional career at the Los Angeles County Bar Association as the Director of Continuing Legal Education. She also held senior management positions for a total of 14 years at two Los Angeles law firms. She is a past president of the Los Angeles Association of Legal Recruiting Administrators and served two terms on the board of directors of the National Association for Law Placement.

Pastor Jean is a product of Pasadena graduating from John Muir High School and Pasadena City College. She earned her B.A. degree from Biola University in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Biblical Studies. She also received a certificate from Victory Bible Training Institute. She served as an instructor at the Southern California School of Ministry, teaching a class entitled, “Women in Ministry.” She occasionally co-teaches courses with Dr. Mark Lau Branson at Fuller Theological Seminary and currently serves on the faculty of the Lloyd Ogilive Preaching with Passion Conferences.

She currently serves as President/CEO of the Community Bible Community Development Corporation (formerly known as Northwest Pasadena Development Corporation) which owns and operates the Community Arms Apartments and is co-owner of the Kings Villages Apartments providing 436 units of affordable housing in Pasadena. She is also a founding member and President of the Clergy Community Coalition, a Christian group of Pastors representing the greater Pasadena area. In addition, she is on the advisory of board of “The Grand Connection,” and recently served on the Youth Development and Violence Prevention Committee chaired by Mayor Bill Bogaard.

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Morning Session Remarks

U.S. Representative Judy Chu Representative Judy Chu was elected in July 2009 to the U.S. House of Representatives as the Representative of California’s 32nd District, which includes East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. She immediately got to work representing the interests of her constituents, voting on several environmental bills and working through the night on her first day in office during a marathon debate on the health care reform bill. In the 112th Congress, Rep. Chu serves on the House Judiciary Committee, where she is a member of the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet subcommittees. She is also a member of the House Small Business Committee, where she is leading the Contracting and Workforce Subcommittee as the Ranking Democrat and serves on the Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access Subcommittee. In 2011, she was elected as the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC).

She has been heavily involved in crafting legislation to create new jobs, help small businesses and improve our nation’s education and immigration systems.

Congresswoman Chu’s career in politics spans 24 years. Prior to her election to Congress she served three terms as the Assemblymember representing the 49th District, where she chaired the important Assembly Appropriations Committee. A lifelong educator, Congresswoman Chu taught community college classes in Los Angeles and East Los Angeles for 20 years.

She holds a Ph.D. in psychology and a B.A. in mathematics.

Morning Session Speaker

Mother Love The multi-talented and “even more fabulous” Mother Love is on a mission to inform, educate and enlighten people everywhere on the importance of better-managed diabetes.

Her popular show on www.latalkradio.com airs live Monday through Friday, 2 to 4 p.m.

(PST).

Mother Love improved her own diabetes management by losing over 100 pounds and implementing healthy lifestyle choices. She’s given over 200 radio interviews to promote Diabetes Awareness, reaching nine million people with The American Diabetes Association’s I DECIDE to FIGHT Diabetes Campaign. She is also a new Research Ambassador for AETNA. Mother Love has penned two advice books – Forgive or Forget: Never Underestimate the Power of Forgiveness and Listen Up Girlfriends. Her third book, Half the MOTHER Twice the LOVE, debuted in 2006.

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Luncheon Speaker

Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D. City of Hope Dr. Bernstein is Professor and Director of the Division of Cancer Etiology within the Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute and the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also serves as Dean for Faculty Affairs at the City of Hope. An internationally-recognized epidemiologist, she has focused her research primarily on cancer, seeking to identify modifiable lifestyle factors that will reduce incidence and extend survival. She was the first to show a link between exercise activity and lower breast cancer risk. She has also pursued research investigating the long-term chronic disease sequelae of therapeutic regimens for breast cancer. Dr. Bernstein has published more than 400 research papers and 50 book chapters during her career.

Prior to moving to the City of Hope in 2007, Dr. Bernstein was Professor of Preventive Medicine and held the AFLAC, Inc., Chair in Cancer Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). While at USC, she served for 20 years as the scientific director of the Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance Program, one of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI’s) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registries, was medical school Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for eight years and the University’s Vice Provost for Medical Affairs for two years. Prior to assuming her administrative roles, she chaired the medical school’s Admissions Committee for five years. At USC she received the University’s Presidential Medallion and the Elaine Stevely Hoffman Achievement Award.

Dr. Bernstein leads the California Teachers Study, a prospective cohort of 133,479 female public school professionals formed in 1995 to study breast and other cancers. As the study’s principal investigator, she manages a broad collaboration of 22 investigators at four cancer centers and leads research efforts in breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She is an active participant in the HEAL Study collaboration, a multicenter, multiethnic study of breast cancer survivorship, now in its 12th year, and also has been following the long-term survivors (>25 years) from her early case-control study of breast cancer in women ages 40 or younger at diagnosis. With Susan Love, MD, she has initiated a new cohort, the Health of Women Study, collecting data over the internet and recruiting women who are members of the Love/Avon Army of Women as cohort members. Dr. Bernstein also currently has active studies or collaborations on asynchronous bilateral breast cancer, nonHodgkin lymphoma and esophageal adenocarcinoma etiology.

In 2007, Dr. Bernstein received both the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in clinical breast cancer research by the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure and the American Association for Cancer Research-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention. She has also received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association for Preventive Oncology. In 2010, she received the Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Science from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Abraham Lilienfeld Award from the American College of Epidemiology for her scientific and mentoring achievements in epidemiology. Among Dr. Bernstein’s many service activities, she has served on NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors and as chair of advisory committees for numerous breast cancer research efforts, including the Long Island Breast Cancer Case-control Study. She currently chairs the external advisory committees for the Sisters Study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Nurses Health Studies at Harvard Medical School and the Mexican American Cohort at MD Anderson. She serves on several cancer center external advisory boards and is deputy editor for Breast Cancer Research.

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TRACK 1 – 9 a.m.: Health/Beauty/Exercise/Nutrition Write to Heal: Tapping into The Power of You Presenter: Patricia Varga, Founder, A Woman with Wings A 25-year veteran of publishing and media, Patricia is founder of A Woman with Wings, an organization that fosters creativity, compassion, and leadership skills in young girls and women. It has evolved into a community of women who use their creativity and compassion to help others. Patricia also works with Haven House, a domestic-violence crisis shelter. Patricia leads creativity workshops for patients, and their families, suffering with cancer at Glendale Adventist Cancer Center.

Tap into your creativity and wisdom through the magic of the pen and paper. Wings founder Patricia Varga will guide you using music, meditation, and art. The process is simple and fun, the outcome profound: wisdom about you, your talents and abilities, and the healing power of your own creativity.

Moderator: Gwen Mc Mullins

Location: Room #101

Jump Start Your Heart – Exercise, Nutrition and More – Glendale Memorial Presenter: Michelle Galanti, Exercise Physiologist, Manager of Cardiac Fitness & Non-Invasive Cardiology Michelle began working at Glendale Memorial Hospital in 1980, as an EKG technician. She earned a BA in Physiology from UC Berkeley in 1985, and a Master’s degree from Cal State Northridge in 1991. She is a published author, and has often lectured in the community on the benefits of exercise for aging, arthritis, osteoporosis, and children.

This will be a lecture on the benefits of exercise in combating heart disease and its associated risk factors, i.e. hypertension, obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia. She will also discuss how exercise does not have to hurt in order to be good for you!

Moderator: Esther Watkins

Location: Room #102

Miracle or Madness: Vitamin and Supplement Fads of the 21st Century – Providence Tarzana Presenter: Alina Lopo, M.D., Internal Medicine Vice-Chief of Staff, Providence Tarzana Medical Center. Graduated medical school, completed internship, residency, and fellowship at UCLA Medical Center. Board certified in internal medicine. Masters Degree in Biology, Ph.D. in Zoology. Private Practice in Tarzana.

This workshop will focus on supplements and vitamins that we hear about in the media, and review their claims within the context of research, all in relation to women’s health and aging Moderator: Celestine McFearn-Walker Location: Room #104

Put You First —Recycle Your Experiences & Bounce Your Baggage Presenter: Charly Emery, Personal Strategist and Author Has a struggle, trauma or relationship left you weighted down with baggage? Go Green. Learn how to Put You First and recycle your experiences into tools that actually propel your success and bounce that baggage to the curb pronto! I’ll show you how to do so from the inside out. Now a strategist and author, Charly, years ago, repressed two incidents of rape and gave up on her dreams, thinking she was no longer a worthy person. After rebuilding her life, Charly has become a champion for helping you use your experiences to heal and propel you forward quickly. Visit www.Charlysense.com.

Moderator: Denise Jones

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Location: Room #107

TRACK 1 – 9 a.m.: Health/Beauty/Exercise/Nutrition Getting Better with Age: Health & Beauty Secrets for Women Over 45 Presenter: Jayme Hirashiki, president and national Wellness Director, the Ziquin Educational Group, LLC Jayme Hirashiki is a health educator, nutritional researcher and president of Ziquin Educational Group. She has assembled teams of top specialists to formulate natural dietary supplements that support healthy aging of the body. In addition, Jayme educates people on how nutritional science can be utilized for health, happiness and longevity. Jayme’s oldest client is a spunky 100-year-old woman!

Based on over 25 years of work, Jayme reveals the most important health strategies for women over 45. She highlights the “forgotten” preventative steps, which are crucial and clinically shown to improve wellness from the inside to the outside. She covers subjects ranging from brain, heart and immune health, to boosting the quality of hair, skin tone and weight loss. Included are valuable stories from Jayme’s personal work with people who have reversed chronic low levels of energy. This workshop is for any woman who has an interest in looking and feeling even better 10 to 20 years from now.

Moderator: Dorothy Panton

Location: Room #105

Ease In to Exercise Presenter: Monica Blake, In Action Enterprises CEO, Executive Career and Healthy Lifestyle Coach, business consultant, Pilates Instructor Monica has 15 years’ experience in Pilates exercise, and is also a Professional Certified Coach. She motivates and empowers people to embrace their personal, professional and physical obstacles, and turn them into opportunities. Visit Monica at: www.InActioncoach.com This workshop will teach you easy exercises to do at home, the office, or even on your way to work. Learn how to make exercise an enjoyable part of your busy day.

Moderator: Gail Johnson

Location: Room #106

Timeless, Ageless Beauty and Facial Rejuvenation; All About Aging Gracefully, Inside and Out! Presenter: Kay Durairaj, M.D., Huntington Hospital Dr. Kay Durairaj discusses health and wellness in terms of healthy aging – how we can help ourselves to age gracefully using nutrition, antioxidants, vitamin supplementation, and sleep physiology to maximize our health.

She will cover supplements; what we should be taking to improve our health and beauty, the impact of our hormones on our health, and how the skin ages, including skin-cancer prevention and what products help keep skin youthful.

Moderator: Jo Yeargin

Location: Room #211

Tea for Health Presenter: Lawrence Charles, Founder and CEO of Charles & Company Tea Tea enthusiast and premium tea purveyor Lawrence Charles is the Founder and CEO of Charles & Company Tea, a luxury organic and kosher tea brand. An award-winning Industrial Designer by trade, Lawrence fell in love with the inherent healthfulness of tea and the allure it has toward bringing people together to share a great cup.

Lawrence now spends his time helping others to enjoy the healthy, refreshing, and lifesaving world of tea.

This workshop will focus on living a tea lifestyle: health and longevity, drinking tea with a purpose that goes beyond grandmother’s remedy for a common cold, and simple tea for a busy life.

Moderator: Gwen Jones

Location: Room #214

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TRACK 2 – 10 a.m.: Female Related Cancer Updates in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment – Providence Saint Joseph Presenter: Deanna J. Attai, M.D., F.A.C.S. (Fellow of the American College of Surgeons) Dr. Attai is a graduate of Vassar College and Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is an instructor in breast-ultrasound education for the American College of Surgeons, an investigator for the ACOSOG research cooperative group, and chairs the Communications Committee for the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Surgical and non-surgical diagnostic and treatment methods will be discussed. Historical treatments will be reviewed, with an emphasis on state-of-the-art treatments, including new methods for diagnosis and minimallyinvasive treatment. The lecture is interactive, encouraging attendee questions and discussion.

Moderator: Debra Ward Samad

Location: Room #101

A Women’s Guide to Colon and Rectal Health – Everything You Want to Know, but are Afraid to Ask Presenter: Ana Garza, Glendale Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Garza is a board-certified colorectal and general surgeon, with a strong interest in women’s colorectal health and colorectal cancer prevention.

Many women are embarrassed or afraid to seek medical care when they have a colon and rectal problem. This informative and interactive session will discuss the common colon and rectal problems affecting women, the signs and symptoms that are considered normal, and those which need evaluation by a physician.

Moderator: Nolanda Love

Location: Room #102

Acupuncture for Wellness Presenter: Paulette Y. Saddler, MD California Hospital Dr. Paulette Saddler focuses her private medical practice on treating the “whole” person. While battling breast cancer, she discovered first-hand the importance of incorporating holistic medicine with mainstream traditional internal medicine. As a practicing internist, her keen medical insight gained a new perspective when she became a patient.

This workshop offers alternatives to “disease treatment,” and instead provides whole-person care. From stress and age management to cancer therapies, learn how eastern medicine and acupuncture can be used in combination with western breakthrough techniques for your whole person: in sickness and in health.

Moderator: Lorne Wellington

Location: Room #104

Learn Your Legal Rights! When Your Health Changes Your World is Turned Upside Down Presenter: Laura Riley, Esq., Staff Attorney, Cancer Legal Resource Center Laura Riley is a staff attorney at the Cancer Legal Resource Center, a joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola Law School. Ms. Riley graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, with a B.A. in English, and from USC Gould School of Law. We will discuss the most common cancer-related legal issues for patients and survivors, including womenspecific resources: how healthcare reform affects you; health-insurance options; employment rights and reasonable accommodations in the workplace; taking time off work, and access to disability insurance and government benefits, like Medicare, Medi-Cal, Every Woman Counts, Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

Moderator: Mary Fletcher

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TRACK 2 – 10 a.m.: Female Related Cancer “Women Beating Cancer” (Overcome the Odds and Reclaim Your Life) Presenter: Chris Bledy Chris Bledy is an author, speaker and survivor of late-stage and recurring ovarian cancer. Her book, Beating Ovarian Cancer, provides hope and inspiration to women all over the world. Her emphasis on small lifestyle changes is adding up to big results when it comes to healing cancer.

This lecture provides education, empowerment and inspiration for women facing cancer. Learn how to achieve complete healing of your body, mind and spirit, how to shift your focus from surviving to thriving, and learn how simple but significant lifestyle changes can produce big results when it comes to healing cancer.

Moderator: Lorie Leiberman

Location: Room #106

Top Ten Health Care Alternatives to Consider Now Presenter: Camille Leon, Founder and Executive Director, The Holistic Chamber of Commerce After her grandmother had a stroke, and her mother a double mastectomy, Camille saw the value of preventative health habits. The struggle to get started took too long. She created The Holistic Chamber of Commerce to help others lead healthier lives on a healthier planet through quality holistic and eco-friendly products, services and solutions Do you know that you need to live a healthy lifestyle, but only see the time and effort it will take? Hear ideas that you haven’t considered, and share ways to get started today. From eating and exercise, to acupuncture, colon hydrotherapy and hypnotherapy, together, we’ll get you back on track.

Moderator: Dora Aumann

Location: Room #107

Prevention and Chronic Diseases – Preventive Screenings and Women’s Health Susan Nyanzi, PhD, MCHES, ACSM, FRSPH is a research analyst at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Women Health. As a researcher, Dr. Nyanzi leads a multi-lingual, community-based intervention on cardiovascular health that empowers women to incorporate healthy lifestyle measures. She has presented at local and national conferences on healthy lifestyles and has collaborated with organizations such as RAND. This prevention-of-chronic-disease presentation will discuss the lifestyle measures that research has shown to be protective in reducing our risk and avoiding many chronic conditions like breast and colon cancers, heart disease and diabetes.

The Preventive Screenings and Women’s Health presentation will summarize the most current preventive screenings that we, as women, should undergo, and why and when we should have them performed.

Moderator: Phyllis Chestang

Location: Room #211

Holistic Drug-Free Solutions to Women’s Health Issues Presenter: Darrick E. Sahara, D. C. Board Certified in Applied Kinesiology Dr. Darrick Sahara is a licensed chiropractor, board certified in applied kinesiology (AK). He is a cancer survivor, who integrated chiropractic kinesiology into his primary out-patient treatment, and has beaten cancer. Because of his experience, Dr. Sahara works diligently to bring patients’ bodies into balance, holistically and drug free.

The seminar will be dedicated to discussing the importance of chiropractic kinesiology for optimal wellness, accelerated recovery and pinnacle performance, irrespective of any health issue. As a specialist in applied kinesiology, and a cancer survivor, Dr. Sahara will educate and demonstrate how this alternative is the most accurate way to resolve and prevent any health problem.

Moderator: LaCora Stephens

Location: Room #214

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Sunday, November 6, 2011 City of Hope, Duarte, California REGISTER NOW! NATIONALLY PRESENTED BY STAPLES INC.

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EXPO Co-Chairs: Gerry Sudduth and Bessie Rush-Johnson

PR/Marketing Activities Chair: Linda O’Hanlon

WORKSHOP/SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS Chair: Wanda Wheeler

PROGRAM BOOK Chair: Jerry Robin

PROGRAM SPEAKERS Chairs: Denise Cook

WEB DESIGNER Chair: Charlene Brown

VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS Co-Chairs: Mrs. Sam Yarbrough, Phoebe Bauer and Lola Warlick-Bryant

FASHION SHOW Co-Chairs: Corina Mena and DeBorrah Carter

SWAG BAG Chair: Stella Pulliam

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TRACK 3 – 11 a.m.: Other Female Diseases: Obesity/Heart/Diabetes/Hypertension Liver Health: What Your Liver Won’t Tell You Presenter: Ioana Bina, M.D., Glendale Memorial Dr. Bina is a practicing gastroenterologist in Glendale. She is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and has a PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism. Her peers voted her (in Pasadena Magazine) as one of the best gastroenterologists in San Gabriel Valley, in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Dr. Bina will discuss the main issues related to liver health, functions of the liver and risks associated with different causes of hepatitis in women, with emphasis on fatty liver disease, a silent epidemic rapidly becoming the country’s first cause of cirrhosis that requires liver transplantation.

Moderator: Gwen McMullins

Location: Room #101

Making Obesity Disappear – The Magic of Medical Weight Loss Presenter: John deBeixedon, M.D., Huntington Memorial Hospital John deBeixedon, M.D., is a board-certified internal-medicine physician, who has been in private practice in Pasadena since 1999. He attended medical school at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, and performed his internship and residency at the University of Virginia. Specializing in diabetes and, more recently, bariatrics, Dr. de Beixedon has a concierge-style medical practice, offering his patients attentive, accessible care.

A master magician as well as a board-certified internist, Dr. de Beixedon will describe current theories on medical weight loss, and how this knowledge can be utilized to improve health and avoid obesity-related disease states. Dr. deBeixedon will also utilize prestidigitation to make his lecture even more enjoyable.

Moderator: Juanita West Tillman

Location: Room #102

Do-the-Heart Math: How Stress, Hormones and Nutrition Add Up – Glendale Memorial Presenter: M. Teresa Swida, D.O. Dr. Swida is an osteopathic physician, who has been practicing general and family medicine for more than 17 years. A member of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, she has completed advanced training in anti-aging, restorative and functional medicine, and medical bariatric.

Dr. Swida provides personalized care, and has a special interest in prevention, nutrition, health optimization and weight loss.

Dr. Swida’s presentation offers a vivid picture of how the stress of our modern life combines with the effects of aging to drop hormone levels. She examines how the lack of nutrition in the standard American diet produces heart disease and illness. Dr. Swida discusses how people can combat these problems and live healthy and active lives.

Moderator: Gail Johnson

Location: Room #104

Making Your P.H.D. Now! Presenter: Mother Love Mother Love is on a mission to inform, enlighten and educate women on the importance of better managed diabetes. She has lost over 100 lbs. and has improved her diabetes through hard choices and lifestyle changes for more than eight years.

Addressing the needs of women who are dealing with chronic disease such as diabetes making smarter food choices and ways to exercise daily, and working to alleviate as much stress as possible.

Moderator: Kathy Murrell

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TRACK 3 – 11 a.m.: Other Female Diseases: Obesity/Heart/Diabetes/Hypertension The Importance of Immunizations for Women, or Sometimes a Little Prick Really is Enough Presenter: Jodi Cassutt, M.D., Physician Director of Employee Health Services, Kaiser Permanente After Dr. Cassutt completed her Internal Medicine residency, she joined Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin Park, in 2000, participating in both clinical and hospital duties over the next 11 years. In October 2005, she left Internal Medicine to work in the field of Occupational/Employee Health, with an expertise in immunizations.

The lecture will give an overview of immunizations that are important for women, including influenza, pertussis, pneumococcal (pneumonia), zoster (shingles), and HPV (human papillomavirus). By the end of the presentation, attendees will have a better understanding of these vaccines and the protection they offer.

Moderator: Esther Watkins

Location: Room #106

Don’t Live With Discomfort –Advances in Robotic Gynecological Procedures Presenter: Richard Williams, M.D., FACOG – Huntington Hospital Dr. Richard Williams completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Portland, where he earned a BS degree. He attended University of Dominica School of Medicine and performed his internship and residency at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. Subsequently, Dr. Williams became a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a Diplomat of the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Dr. Williams will discuss advances in robotic gynecological surgeries for women experiencing pelvic pain from adhesions, uterine fibroids, endometriosis or uterine prolapse. Procedures covered will include: Hysterectomy; endometriosis resection; myomectomy, and sacrocolpopexy. Robotic surgery options are minimally invasive.

Moderator: Jeri Mack

Location: Room #107

Women’s Heart Health: Who is Looking After Your Heart?

Presenter: Marineh Yagubyan, M.D. Dr. Yagubyan is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

She graduated from USC, trained at the Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Rochester, MN, and did her residency at UCLA Division of Cardiothoracic surgery.

Heart disease quietly affects the lives of many women every year, and across all ethnic groups. This can disrupt their daily lives, causing them to be hospitalized multiple times for treatment of chest pain, heart attack and even heart failure. Unfortunately, many women are unaware of these facts or their own risks and the preventive measures they can take to improve their heart health. This presentation sheds light on female heart disease and summarizes the most up-to-date and practical recommendations from the American Heart Association.

Moderator: Yvonne Brown

Location: Room #211

30 Minute Eco-Healthy Home Makeover Presenter: Charlene Brown From blog, to book, to broadcast… Media guru Charlene Brown, a.k.a. Charlene on Green, has the professional expertise to handle communication strategies. Publisher, Lookin’ Green Magazine, which focuses on sustainable solutions for people, planet, and profit.

A healthy lifestyle begins with a healthy environment. This eco-healthy home workshop tackles one problem from two angles. Charlene will show you: Easy no-cost ways to create a healthy home without spending a dime; Fast low-cost solutions for a green home makeover; and Quick pay-back items for a eco-friendly home or office.

Charlene’s signature green strategy involves: Zero-Ways: Stop buying that! It always ends up in the trash; ZeroWaste: Stop living in the dark! Go ahead turn on the lights; and Zero-Pays: Stop giving your money away! Start collecting dividends from your home or office.

Moderator: Rita Turner

Location: Room #214

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Bottom row far left: Dorothy Panton, *Corina Mena, *DeBorrah Carter, Rene Lawton and Jarita Davis Top row far left: Mother Love, Zenobia Millet, Sam Yarbrough, Katy Townsend, Elise Mallory, Rosario Quintanilla Vior, and Esther McDowell *Co-Chairs

“ Changing the Stream: Pursuit of Equality in Women’s Health Issues” Written by Teena Hostovich, CPCU, Executive Vice President, Lockton Companies, and Dr. Jodi Lipson Cassutt, D.O., Kaiser Permanente

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omewhere in our world, there is a young This is, sadly, true in the United States as well as woman who has within her the ability to find everywhere in the world. In the United States, women the cure for cancer, to save the rain forest, solve comprise 52% of the current law school students, global warming or contribute to world peace. and 47.3% of medical school students in the U.S., but But she lives in a country where women are we rank 39th in maternal mortality, and according property – disposable and without to Amnesty International’s report value. The odds of her living to Deadly Delivery: The Maternal adulthood are slim, let alone having “Women will not simply Health Care Crisis in the USA action access to appropriate medical be mainstreamed into the is essential to tackle a crisis that sees treatment. According to Nancy Gibbs between two and three women die polluted stream.

Women of Time Magazine, across much of every day during pregnancy and the developing world, by the time a childbirth in the USA. In addition, are changing the stream, girl is 12, she only eats after the men, women of color, older women and making it clean and green poor women receive inferior care. is less likely to be vaccinated, see a doctor or attend school. and safe for all – every Larry Summers wrote, when he was In developing countries, the leading gender, race, creed, sexual Chief Economist at World Bank, cause of death is childbirth – 5 times “Investment in girls’ education orientation, age and as likely as in developed countries – may well be the highest return and includes the death of the babies ability.” – Bella Abzug on investment available in the as well. developing world.”

Women represent over half of the world’s population, yet they are also 70% of the world’s poor, and 2/3 are never taught to read or write. As we continue debates about access to care, there is still a fundamental problem with equality of care for women.

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Until we address gender equality, in particular with respect to life and death and healthcare, we can never be a truly free society, nor can we live up to the possibilities and potential for the achievement.

United States 15 years ago, the Journal of the American Medical Association referred to women’s health as “a patchwork quilt with gaps.”

Considerable progress has been made since then, and it is certainly on the national agenda. According to the USC Division of Community Health, reducing disparities among different segments of the U.S. population is now one of the 10 National Health Objectives for the United States. It is one of the two main goals of the Surgeon General.

across all measures remains slow at 3% per year. Care in the hospital setting and management of acute illnesses are improving at a faster rate than preventive care and management of chronic conditions.1 The most disturbing fact in all the research is that major disparities in the quality of care are pervasive, especially for racial and ethnic minorities, people of lower socioeconomic status, and those residing in some geographic regions.

Differences in quality of care also have been demonstrated According to the Mayo Clinic, the following are the top seven between women and men. In 2004, the AHRQ reported that, threats to women’s health in the United States: compared with men, women received better care for 18% of 1. Heart Disease the measures, worse care for 22% of the measures, and the 2. Cancer – Various types of “ As long as discrimination and inequities same level of care for 59% of cancer are of particular remain so commonplace around the world – the measures. concern to women, including breast cancer, lung cancer, as long as girls and women are valued less, When examining specific skin cancer and colorectal fed less, fed last, overworked, underpaid, therapeutic areas, women tend cancer. not schooled and subjected to violence in to receive better preventive care 3. Stroke – You can’t control for cardiovascular disease and some stroke risk factors, such and out of their homes – the potential of cancer than men. However, as family history and age, the human family to create a peaceful, women are less likely to receive but you can control other colorectal cancer screening. prosperous world will not be realized.” contributing factors.

Men tend to receive better 4. Chronic lower respiratory treatment for end-stage renal Hillary Rodham Clinton diseases – Chronic lung disease and heart disease than conditions, which include U.N. Fourth World women. Racial and ethnic bronchitis and emphysema differences in quality of care Conference on Women – also are a concern for also exist within the female women.

Beijing, China population. In 2006, the AHRQ 5. Alzheimer’s found that for services unique September 5, 1995 to women, African-Americans 6. Accidents (motor vehicle) and Hispanics receive poorer 7. Type 2 Diabetes quality of care than Caucasians for 75% of the performance measures.1

Disparities and Gaps in The Quality of Care Received by Women

In the past several years, national health care quality and disparities have been closely followed by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)on an annual basis.

Key findings demonstrate that significant care gaps still remain. Although 32 of the 42 core quality measures have improved in the past year, the average rate of improvement

At age 50, women have a 39% risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the course of their remaining lifetime. The probability of being diagnosed with breast cancer increases by almost 40% for those 40-69 years.2

The Global Issues Women’s rights remain the biggest human rights issue that

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The disproportionately high rate of deaths among African Americans has persisted, in spite of gains in jobs and overall socio-economic status, improved living standards and expanded access to health care. Morbidity rates also show differences among racial and ethnic groups.

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our generation faces. In spite of our overall advances and quality of life, gender-based discrimination persists.

population, despite laws banning sexdetermination testing and sex-selective abortions.3

According to the World Health Organization, the distinct roles and behaviors of men and women in a given culture, dictated by that culture’s gender norms and values, give rise Teena Hostovich to gender differences as well as gender inequalities – that is, differences between men and women which systematically empower one group to the detriment of the other.

Globally, about 60 percent of the 115 million children not in school are girls.

Most live in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.4

In many parts of the world, men make the decision for women on all things related to their healthcare and treatment, resulting in death due to lack of care and failure to get early diagnosis.

In some cultures, female babies are killed at birth. In many, honor killings continue, along with genital mutilation, sexual slavery, marriage in childhood, denial of education and medical care.

Children born in developing countries are 14 times more likely to die in the first month of life.

In Asia, an unusually high proportion of male children suggest that gender-based abortion and infanticide have occurred, particularly in South and East Asia. In addition, in Asia, at least 60 million girls are ‘missing’ from the

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About 20 percent of girls in developing countries do not complete primary education. This adversely impacts their later economic opportunities.5 In Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl W. Dunn, education is the key issue for overcoming poverty, for overcoming war, and reducing abuse and torture of women, and education always results in an improvement in women’s healthcare.

Gender norms and values, and resulting behaviors, are negatively affecting health. In fact, the gender picture in a given time and place can be one of the major obstacles – sometimes the single most important obstacle – standing between men and women and the achievement of well being.

The good news is that gender norms and values are not fixed. They evolve over time, vary substantially from place to place, and are subject to change. Thus, the poor health consequences resulting from gender differences and gender inequalities are not static either. They can and must be changed.

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APPENDIX I Women are at risk for a wide range of chronic conditions.

Overall, the most frequently reported in women include arthritis (22%), hypertension (22%), and high cholesterol (20%). Other conditions such as obesity, asthma, and diabetes are less prevalent, but have gained more attention in recent years because of their growing rates and the toll they take, particularly on certain populations. In general, the prevalence of most chronic conditions increases with age among women, often doubling or tripling between the reproductive and mid-life years. Low-income women have higher rates of asthma, obesity, and heart disease than higher-income women, but women with lower incomes report lower rates of thyroid conditions than higherincome women. This too could be an artifact of testing related to poorer access to care for this population. While African American women report higher rates of almost all chronic conditions than Latina and white women, the starkest differences are reported for arthritis, hypertension, and diabetes, with rates 1.5 to 2 times as high among African Americans.

APPENDIX II Race and ethnicity have long been associated with differences in health status, with women of color typically experiencing a greater rate of health problems. These differences become more notable as women reach middle age. Among women ages 45 to 64, African American women are more likely to report fair/ poor health status, having a limiting disability, and having a chronic disease than women who are white or Latina.

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APPENDIX III A large body of research has documented the relationship of low-income to poorer health. Women with incomes less than 100% of the federal poverty threshold are three times as likely (33% vs. 11%) to assess their health status as fair or poor than their higher income counterparts (300% of the poverty level or greater). Similarly, the rate of disabling conditions is over twice as high among poor women. Approximately, one third of women of all incomes reported they had a chronic condition that requires ongoing treatment. The similarity in the rates could be attributable to lack of access to care, resulting in lower rates of identification of chronic health problems among poorer women.

APPENDIX IV While most adult women in the U.S. report their health status as excellent, very good, or good, almost one-fifth (18%) of women report their overall health status as just fair or poor. This proportion increases with age, rising from 10% among women 18 to 29 and reaching 29% of women age 50 to 64. Rates of disability and chronic conditions also rise as women get older. Overall, 14% of women have a disability or condition that limits their daily activities, but the rate quadruples from 6% to 24% between women in their early reproductive years and women in their later mid-life years, respectively. Similarly, the presence of chronic conditions that require ongoing medical care such as diabetes or arthritis, increases from 17% among young women (18 to 29) to over half (52%) of women age 50 to 64.

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Guest Speaker

Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan Teresa Scanlan was crowned Miss America 2011 on January 15, 2011 at the 90th Anniversary of the Miss America Pageant on ABC. Since her crowning she has been traveling the country appearing on numerous national and local television programs, making corporate appearances, and talking about MAO’s national platform, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and her personal platform of Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk.

As Miss America 2011, Teresa has the special honor of serving as the National Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals throughout her year of service. As the Goodwill Ambassador, Teresa will help to raise funds and awareness for the over 170 CMN Hospitals across the country.

As the youngest Miss America in 78 years, Teresa is showing the country she is a leader and a role model for youth today. Teresa was home-schooled until her junior year of high school, before attending Gering High School for half of her junior year. She graduated early from Scottsbluff High School in the spring of 2010 after taking a double load of classes.

Teresa’s passion for her platform, to combat eating disorders, stems from a friend who struggled with bulimia. She did research about eating disorders for her friend and discovered how rampant it was across the nation. Teresa hopes to educate children and adults alike as to the signs and risks of eating disorders, as well as how and where to get help for themselves or a loved one.

During 2011 pageant week, Teresa’s piano performance of “White Water Chopped Sticks” won her the Talent Award on the third preliminary night. She also plays guitar and sings.

When her year is over, Teresa plans to attend Patrick Henry College to study Government. Her dream is to become an attorney and eventually a judge or President of the United States of America.

Thank you to all the models, hair/makeup artists, dressers and designers for making our Conference Fashion Show a resounding success!

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We thank the expo vendors for providing valuable information A Woman With Wings / Olios Health

Lugenia’s

All About You Life Coaching…Strategies for Success Group Counseling Ctr.

Marta Recasens, MD and Mike Neskovic, MD

Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter

Media Technologies Marketing

American Cancer Society, California Division Inc. American Heart Association Bonne Sante Corp. / Saladmaster Authorized Dealer California Chiropractic Care Cancer Control Society Care1st Health Plan CareMore/Mother Love City of Hope City of Pasadena Public Health Department Curves Altadena CVS Pharmacy Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation Drayton Productions/Xyngular DRM Psychological Services Corporation Foothill Unity Center Forest Lawn Memorial Parks Glendale Memorial Hospital Goodwill of Southern California Grand Connection Haven House/Jewish Family Service LA

Martin N. Gorman DDS Methodist Hospital Michele the Trainer Mother Love Productions National Council of Negro Women – San Gabriel Valley Office of Women’s Health, Dept. of Public Health Organization Name Ovarian Cancer Coalition Pals for Health/ Alas para tu Salud Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (PSR-LA) Planned Parenthood Rebagz Handbags Revitalize-U, A New Body Image. Inc. Sahara Clinic Sam’s Club #6614 Sassy Survivor Foundation SHIBA Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Los Angeles County Affiliate The Walk-In Closet U. S. Bank

HealthSource of Pasadena

U.S. Dept. of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration

Herbalife

U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Huntington Memorial Hospital/Intuitive Surgical Mobile Unit

Velvet Monkey Fashions

Jackie’s Hair A GoGo

West Love

Kaiser Permanente

Wheeler Companies

Kangen Water Jerry Robin, Independent Distributor

Xocai Healthy Chocolate

Keshia’s Snappy Bags LA County Immunization Program

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Visit our booth to get your flu shot today! ● FREE for Medicare Part B members or ● Cash Price of $25 (Retail for $29.99)* * Valid only for today

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We also offer the following: ● All-in-one Influenza Vaccine - (Influenza A & Influenza B & H1N1) ● T dap Vaccine (Whooping Cough) ● Pneumococcal Vaccine Please visit our booth for more details.

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Glendale Memorial Hospital is: 201210the • Among 11 Top 1% of all hospitals in the United States • One of only 2 hospitals in California to be recognized with this honor • One of only 29 hospitals in the country to have received this designation for 5 consecutive years!

To earn this distinction, quality of care has to be consistent and continuous, each and every day. Proven results are the true measure of success, and Glendale Memorial Hospital is proud to share our exceptional quality with you.

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Enjoy the versatility and health benefits of Mahatma® Whole Grain Brown Rice.

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For this Spicy Chicken and Brown Rice Lettuce Wraps recipe and our new 30-Minute Cooking Method visit our website mahatmarice.com. ©2011­­Riviana­Foods­Inc.

Floriculture Don Antonio Lugo High School Floral Design The beautiful floral centerpieces at the Women’s Health Conference were designed and constructed by the Floriculture students, under the instruction of Christine Dominguez, at Don Antonio Lugo High School. Students enrolled in Basic and Advanced Floral courses practice their skills through projectbased curriculum that takes their work out of the classroom and into the community. Don Lugo students regularly produce floral designs for events both on campuses in the Chino Valley Unified School District, and for civic functions in the surrounding areas; they are called upon by community groups to personalize their events with magnificent, well-crafted, floral arrangements. These opportunities enhance student learning and enthusiasm by providing students with “real life” career situations and the immediate feedback from clients and receiving public. Mrs. Dominguez has taught floral design, at Don Lugo High School, since 1996 in a program that has grown to include award winning floats in the Chino Christmas parades, themed designs for the Tournament of Roses committees, and student-led workshops.

Don Antonio Lugo High School is located in Chino, a part of the Chino Valley Unified School District, San Bernardino County, California. Don Lugo High School offers a diverse educational experience for both academic/collegian and vocational career paths, including preparation in engineering, culinary arts, agriculture, and medical fields.

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This world is not just a dream. Eleven million cancer survivors will celebrate birthdays this year. That’s a sign of progress, proof that a world with more birthdays is possible. See how you can help at morebirthdays.com. Or call 1-800-227-2345. Together we’ll stay well, get well, find cures and fight back.

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www.4kidsfoundation.org ABOUT A FOUNDATION FO R KIDS In Kind Donations - Through product donations from Skechers USA, Converse Shoes, Hasbro Toys, Borders Books, LeapFrog, AVON, Unified Grocers, Carter’s, Dorel Juvenile Group, Infantino and Distribution Management Association member companies, A Foundation for Kids has donated $7,500,000 to over 300 children’s agencies and youth projects in Southern California. Items donated include personal care items, food, clothing, shoes, toys, school supplies and infant products.

Easter Season – Provided Easter Baskets and gifts to 11,200 children supporting 50 youth agencies.

Sporting Events– Has sent 4,400 children and their guardians from 30 children’s agencies to Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, basketball and local hockey games.

Children’s Events – Hosted and sponsored picnics, festivals, special events and shopping days benefit 50,000 children in a seven-year period. .A Better LA – In 2008 - 2010, donated over $1,500,000 in products and community events including shoes, toys, games, school supplies and food serving 30,000 inner city children and their families in low income communities in Los Angeles.

Orphanages in Mexico – Through local church ministries and nonprofit organizations, supported over 15 children’s orphanages in the border communities in Mexico providing clothing, food, toys, and personal care product on an ongoing basis.

Christmas for Kids – Over a seven-year period, contributed Christmas gifts to 105,785 children totaling $5,026,000 in gifts.

Mission & Pu r p ose Established in 1999, the mission of A Foundation for Kids, a 501 c- (3) organization is to raise funds and in kind support for children’s agencies & youth organizations that serve abused and at risk children in Southern California.

Since 2003 A Foundation for Kids donated products valued @ over $13,000,000 to over 250 children’s charities and projects helping 325,000 children and adults

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ASSEMBLYMEMBER, FORTY FOURTH DISTRICT

October 7, 2011 Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to extend heartfelt greetings to the 11th Annual Southern California Women’s Health Conference and Expo. This well established conference is a rich and vital resource for the women throughout our community and extending well into the Southern California region. The conference focus on the detection, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions which impact women is critical to making informed and educated decisions about one’s health.

As the World Health Organization has noted, “health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” The presentations and exhibitions available today are aimed at empowering women to achieve a state of exceptional health. I commend each one of you on your commitment to your own and your community’s health and well-being and encourage you to take full advantage of the wealth of knowledge available to you today.

Through the opportunities available to me as the representative of the 44th Assembly District, I have offered several contributions through public policy initiatives aimed at the health and well-being of all Californians, particularly women. I have proudly authored bills that increase the accessibility of breast cancer screenings, increase accountability for rape kit processing, offer fertility protection to those who are facing cancer treatments, and that streamline the HIV testing process. One of my proudest accomplishments has been the establishment of the California Umbilical Cord Blood Bank, a public bank that will collect valuable and non-controversial stem cells, providing the opportunity to save countless lives.

My sincere desire is that you will become educated practitioners of strategies for personal well-being, as well as for advocacy that increases the well-being of our communities and our state. As always, I am eager to participate in these objectives alongside of you!

Sincerely,

 ANTHONY J. PORTANTINO Assemblymember, 44th District

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Cancer Information and Patient Services Available 24 hours, seven days a week Telephone: 1-800-ACS 2345 or 1-800-227-2345 (toll free) Internet: www.cancer.org NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Cancer Information Service Telephone: 1–800–4–CANCER or 1-800-422-6237 (toll free) Internet: www.nci.nih.gov NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATIONS (NABCO) Telephone: 1-888-80-NABCO or 1-888-806-2226 Internet: www.nabco.org SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION Telephone: 1–800–IM AWARE or 1–800–462–9273 (toll free) Internet: www.komen.org Y-ME NATIONAL BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATION Telephone: 1–800–221–2141 (toll free) Internet: www.y-me.org

To access state law and pending legislation regarding cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and cure visit: www.leginfo.ca.gov

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All Saints Church Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Altadena Town Council American Cancer Society Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women – Los Angeles ARS Job Developer Asian Rehab Services Be the Match Elizabeth Brady Cancer Control Society Cancer Legal Resource Center Care1st Health Plan Center for Community & Family Services Children Youth & Family Collaborative (CYFC) Children’s Hospital City of Hope City of Pasadena City of Pasadena Health Dept.

Club Singapura Commission on the Status of Women Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP) Community Bible Church Curves Delta Sigma Theta Sorority DRM Psychological Services Fantasy Tour First AME Church – Pasadena Foothill Unity Center Gamma Phi Delta–Gamma Eta Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center Grand Connection

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J. Robin & Associates Graphic Design Haven House Heaven Sent Jewelry Hillsides Christy Hillman Huntington Hospital In Action Coaching, Consulting and Pilates Clara Johnson KABC 7 Kaiser Permanente Katey’s Salon Lori Kerr LL Kennedy & Associates Lookin’ Green Media Technologies Marketing Methodist Hospital Metropolitan Baptist Church MIMS Consulting Missionary Society – FAME, Pasadena Moms on the Move Mother Love Productions NAACP – Altadena NAACP – Pasadena NATHA National Congress of Black Women, Inc. – L.A. National Council of Black Women – SGV New Revelation Baptist Church Bree Nicholas Office of Women’s Health Ovarian Cancer Coalition PALS/ALAS para tu Salud Pasadena Police Department Pasadena Women’s Issues Office

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Penny Lane Centers Barbara Perkins Phi Delta Kappa Planned Parenthood Pasadena & SGV Refuge Christian Center Sahara Clinic Sassy Survivor Sculpted Silhouette Second Baptist Church Soroptimist International of Pasadena SSJR CCFS Headstart Flo Stevens Susan G. Komen Fund The Walk-In Closet U. S. Food and Drugs FDA – L.A. District U.S. Dept. Labor – EBSA UCLA Valuable Volunteers Villa-Parke Community Center VITAS Innovative Hospice Care West Covina Police Dept.

Anita Weems Weight Loss Solution Center Wanda Wheeler Lady Yvette Williams Kisha Williams-Jackson Women in Action Women with Wings Jee Won Yang Young and Healthy YWCA YWCA–SGV Zenobia Millet Ziquin

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