Hispanos en Pgh: TOMORROW @12 | Angela Garcia, Exec. Director, Global Links

LIVE Weds August 17th @ 12 pm on Facebook

Join us Wednesday, August 17th at 12 pm live with Angela Garcia, Executive Director of Global Links!

The conversation will take place LIVE on our Facebook Page at 12pm but may be streamed following the event. It will be followed by a Q&A Session. The video may be viewed following the event.

Don't have Facebook? We are now streaming on LinkedIn as well.

Angela Garcia is the Executive Director of Global Links, a

Pittsburgh-based organization that works to improve

health for vulnerable communities, locally and globally.

A Pittsburgh boomerang, Angela spent nine years studying, working and volunteering abroad, including four years in Mexico and two years in Europe. Angela returned to Pittsburgh and joined Global Links in 2000 and in 2018 she became Executive Director.

Under her direction, Global Links continues its focus on large-scale international medical programs focusing on primary care and maternal and infant health. Since 2015, Ms. Garcia has also led the creation and expansion of Global Links' domestic medical aid program, which supports our local community by providing the medical materials and equipment that nonprofit organizations need to better serve their clients and patients.

Ms. Garcia serves on the Advisory Boards of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management & the Latin American Cultural Center; she is a founding member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and she serves on the board of the Pittsburgh-Matanzas Sister Cities Partnership. She has been named a Pittsburgh "40 under 40", Pittsburgh Business Times CEO of the Year, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association Leader of the Year and a Cribs for Kids Woman of Achievement. She lives with her husband and children in Emsworth and enjoys all things Pittsburgh, especially biking, kayaking and exploring the local food scene.

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Global Links was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1989 by three individuals who saw a way to connect useful surplus medical materials from US hospitals to the needs of public health systems in communities that lack resources.

We share our experience and technical knowledge with international and domestic partners, and educate our volunteers, donors and the community on issues of global health and environmental stewardship. Respect for all people and our planet guides our mission.

We collaborate with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), as well as with in-country Ministries of Health and the medical and administrative leadership of public health systems. These partnerships have allowed Global Links to acquire in-depth knowledge about the health conditions in the communities we serve, form collaborative relationships and develop valuable cultural competence.

Photo Credit: Lynn Johnson

Global Links' International Medical Aid Program has collaborated on health improvement projects, educational exchanges and medical studies in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries over the past three decades.

Global Links serves our local community through three programs designed to work together to improve life in Western Pennsylvania: Medical Surplus Recovery Program, Community Engagement and Volunteer Program and Domestic Medical Aid (i.e. Community Partners Program).

#LatinoPittsburgh Digital Speaker Series is an initiative of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. It's goals are to share relevant information, inspire growth and foster opportunity.

Speakers include community leaders and member as well as other individuals who have a positive impact not only on the Hispanic community, but Pittsburgh as a region.

To learn more visit our website.

Interested in Speaking? Contact MelanieMarie@pmahcc.org