Sofia Sandoval
As part of her work, Sofia Sandoval will be collecting and analyzing data from nursing homes on dementia care training as well as developing focus groups to better understand these trainings in practice.
Born in El Salvador and raised in San Francisco, she witnessed the various health needs of Latinx immigrant communities and other underrepresented groups, which inspired her to pursue an education in public health.
Sandoval graduated from the University of California Merced with a bachelor's degree in public health.