Jesus Ramirez-Valles

Jesus Ramirez-Valles is a scholar, filmmaker, and an advocate of GLBT and Latino health. He is author of the award-winning book, Compa�eros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS and creator of the documentary, Tal Como Somos/Just As We Are . He was named one of the "Top Gay Latino Activists who Have Broken Boundaries" by the Huffington Post. For more than twenty years he has worked in public health in both the United States and Latin America. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health...See more

Jesus Ramirez-Valles is a scholar, filmmaker, and an advocate of GLBT and Latino health. He is author of the award-winning book, Compa�eros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS and creator of the documentary, Tal Como Somos/Just As We Are . He was named one of the "Top Gay Latino Activists who Have Broken Boundaries" by the Huffington Post. For more than twenty years he has worked in public health in both the United States and Latin America. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Promotion Practice . He was born in Mexico, obtained his doctoral and masters degrees from the University of Michigan, and is Professor and Head of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois-Chicago's School of Public Health. See less