• 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.

Colette is a Medical student at the University of California at San Francisco. She is currently the Research Fellow at UCSF Center for Healthcare Value.