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1. What health issues you are most concerned about? Why? Interview 2-3 women (different ages, ethnicities and/or cultures if possible) and ask them the same question. You may provide pseudo names to protect their identity. How are your concerns similar or different from their's? Explain.

Lana Krasniqui age 23 born and raise in Texas, is pregnant and she is most concern about gaining the right amount of weight and eating the right foods. During her pregnancy she wants to be at a healthy weight and keep her baby safe. She is concerned about eating right and getting all the necessary nutrients so her baby can be healthy. 

Megan Kite age 24 born and raise in Texas, is a Kindergarten teacher, and one of her concerns is keeping herself healthy. Working in an environment with little kids they tend to be sick most of the time she doesn’t want to be the one spreading the sickness so she keeps her immune system in control, taking vitamins daily and talking to the kids parents to keep them at home in case they get a flu or a symptom that can spread around the classroom.

I’m Hispanic 25 years old, and my concerns are not that different from them in my case I want to be healthy all the time. I try to exercise 2 to 3 times a week avoiding fast food, sodas, and candies. Sometimes my life gets really busy working and going to school that gets hard to get a healthy meals that includes veggies and fruits. I try to balance my diet eating good meals at least 3 to 4 times a week. I feel that is very important to maintain a healthy diet because in the future when I get older I don’t want to get sick all the time, so now is the time to take care of my body eating well, not drinking too much alcohol and avoiding to smoke cigarettes. 

Marinita's Bio

Hello everyone my name is Digna Marina Rojas I am 25 years old I work full time in an Italian restaurant called Patrizio’s I have been serving there for the past 2 years; my job is easy but sometimes it can be very stressful trying to handle too many tables at the same time, but that’s not what I want to do for the rest of my life. Ever since I was a little girl I always dreamt about helping people in my community. I consider myself a very humble, loyal, friendly, caring and very outgoing person. It doesn’t take me much to make friends or to feel comfortable around somebody. In my life I have encountered many hard times, which made me realize at a young age that nothing comes easy, you need to work hard and struggle to get what you want. I am still in the process of learning about myself, I’m working on my dreams hopefully I’ll be able to graduate next fall with a Health Studies degree my major is Community Health. I was born in Tarapoto-Peru for the ones that they don't have any idea, is located in the high jungle plateau to the east of Peru.

     My family moved to the States around 9 years ago and I still haven't been back to my country since then. I have 3 brothers, I'm the only girl and the oldest in my family, my youngest brother is 11 years old he makes me so happy and I love to spend time with him doing fun activities on my free time. What I love the most about my little brother is he has big dreams for his future. He already knows when he grows up would like to be in the "Marines". When I have free time from work I like to workout, do yoga, hang out with my friends and boyfriend. My family is my motivation to do good in this life I want my parents to feel proud of me when I graduate. In the future I want to have my career set and be able to help my parents financially, I believe that everything can be possible if you set a goal and work for it.