Jimena Rodriguez, Spanish Major and Professional Spanish Intern, receives national recognition

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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Jimena Rodriguez, Spanish Major and Professional Spanish Intern, receives national recognition.

A dual degree senior in Spanish and Public Health, Jimena has received the Keogh Scholarship from the American Public Health Association to present her work at the APHA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. in November. The presentation will highlight her internship work in summer 2025 with the Occupational Health Internship Program on employee well-being and workplace safety with the Bay Area Fast Food Workers’ Union.

Jimena, a Hall Family first-gen scholar at Texas State, has recently accepted a fellowship from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health to participate in Harvard’s Program on Applied Risk Communication for the 21st  Century, Mastering Risk Communication: Empowering Public Trust and Decision-Making in a Complex Information Age, focusing on communication challenges and strategies related to science and health information. Jimena’s primary area of emphasis is creating and disseminating accurate health information in Spanish.