Meet the Heroes with Heart
Meet the heroes that were profiled during Hispanic Heritage Month and learn more about their passion and work to advance health education and access within their communities.

Here’s how communities and health care teams around the country are supporting healthier lives.
Meet the heroes that were profiled during Hispanic Heritage Month and learn more about their passion and work to advance health education and access within their communities.
Like many nurses, Kristie Allen thinks a lot about how she can improve the way patients get their blood pressure under control. But in rural Middle Tennessee, her health center’s community faces odds that make it even more challenging to provide resources and easy access to care for her patients.
Liz Aguilar, RN, is helping to improve hypertension rates one patient at a time. Read about one of the success stories from Full Circle Health, where comprehensive health care is provided to more than 26,000 patients across 10 sites in Idaho’s Treasure Valley.
Whether it’s a great a picture of your team having fun or an overview of your organization’s new approach to measuring blood pressure, your stories can encourage patients and professionals to improve their measurement and management practices.
Let us know what you and your community are doing to help create healthier lives and neighborhoods. Please submit your story and photos through the NCHI Connect system or you can email us at nhci@heart.org
National Hypertension Control Initiative Support
This project is supported by cooperative agreements (CPIMP211227 and CPIMP211228) with the Office of Minority Health (OMH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as part of a financial assistance award totaling $14.6 million in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The contents do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by OMH/OASH/HHS or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/