- Royce Fellowship
Collette
DeJong
Concentration
Public Health
Award Year
2010
A Light Grows in Brooklyn: Las LUCES
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen McGarvey
In Jackson Heights, a neighborhood of Queens, New York, a group of Latina immigrant women have launched a grassroots campaign to reclaim their community's right to health care. These women are Las LUCES: United Community Leaders with Hope for Health. Colette joined Las LUCES as they conduct outreach in Bushwick, Brooklyn, sharing their model, guiding a new corps of women and exploring ways to address access to health care.