Pedro (him/they), is a Maya Q’anjob’al, born and raised on Iipay and Payómkawichum lands (San Diego, CA) and finishing up concurrent Master’s in Social Work and Master’s in Public Health programs at the University of Washington this upcoming year. He supported various projects over the summer, primarily working as staff on the Healthy Tribal Nations study. Prior to returning to his graduate studies, he was project coordinator for a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grant focusing on youth substance use prevention and worked alongside rural, reservation-based, tribal communities to implement and evaluate multilevel interventions. Concentrating in Clinical Social Work and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pedro hopes to end up practicing in the field of prevention science, developing culturally grounded interventions that address trauma-related health disparities within communities like his own.
About Our Practice
The Seven Sacred Directions
Seven Directions was born from a desire to create greater connectivity across the many tribes, communities and organizations that have the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native people at the heart of what they do. We are guided by the “seven directions” of practice: Integration & Holistic Wellness, Culture & Identity, Families & Communities, Respect for Sovereignty, Service, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tribal Governance.
The Seven Sacred Directions serve as an indigenous framework for presenting the strategic directions for the public health agenda.
