Dr. Sandra Gomez Ventura brings a wealth of experience and education to Global Brigades. She received her PhD in Public Health and Sanitary Management from The University of Zaragoza Spain (AECI Scholarship), a Master’s in Public Health from The Braun School of Public Health/ Hebrew University in Jerusalem Israel (Mashav Scholarship), a Project Design, Management and Evaluation Specialty from Emory University in USA (Hubert Humphrey Fellowship scholarship) and a specialty on Child and Adolescent Development from the Catholic University of Chile, and education as a Dental Surgeon from the National University of Honduras. Dr. Gomez Ventura has also completed an internship at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta-USA and at UMEA University in Sweden.
Dr. Gomez Ventura spent 10 years working with Peace Corps as the Youth Development Director in Honduras. After Peace Corps, She worked as the Head of the Clinical and Professional Education area at the faculty of Health Sciences at UNITEC Laureatte International Universities in Honduras for 6 years. She is one of the co- founders of The COVID-19 Research Consortium in Honduras, and The Frena la Curva Honduras volunteer organization.
In her free time, Dr. Gomez Ventura loves traveling within and outside of Honduras, reading, supporting youth prevention programs, teaching and conducting TOTs, as well as being involved in the development of new projects.