Que Viva-March2013

Indiana’s Premier Bilingual Magazine March 2013

Stephen D. GalvanPrincipalGalvan and Associates, LLC

A coming of Age:Information TechnologyJourney to the White House and Beyond

Recognizing and Saluting Women - Air Force, Medicine Page 24

Science in everyday communication tools? Page 9

Feature ArticleA commitment to excellence and education pave the way to success. Stephen D. Galvan Page: 18

Que Viva! , LLC219-973-5488 / www.QueVivaIndiana.com The Que Viva! Team in Coordination with:

Guest Columnist Daniel O. (Danny) Lopez

Guest Columnist Jerry Davich

Guest Columnist Raul Ramos y Sanchez

Guest contributor Claudia Castañeda

SCIENCE CONTRIBUTOR Dr. David L. Cedeño

Art and Layout Director Domi Edwards

COVER & Feature story photos Domi Edwards

SPANISH LESSON Maria Guillen

Vice President of Sales Lorraine Guillen-Wentz

editorial director Roberto E. Castañeda

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MARCH 2013

From the Editor:

To our Que Viva! friends,

As we approach the beautiful Primavera, while trying to ignore reminders from Mother Nature that “snowy” surprises are fair game despite a gentle winter, we have reasons to be optimistic. The February jobs report indicate that the economy is on the rebound as we temper this knowledge with a cautious optimism due to the Sequestration emanating from Washington.

This edition is filled with stories and information that touches on a sense of optimism. March is Women’s History Month and we celebrate of women’s contributions to history, culture and society. We have chosen two professions, the US Military and Medicine to honor the great strides that women have made in this United States. We also address some the challenges that still remain by including an article speaking about the minimum wage and the need for it in the context of such challenges.

Our key theme continues to revolve around education and we continue to bring you information aimed to relate to daily life. We bring you per-spectives from professionals, students, and educators. Danny Lopez from the Governor of Indiana’s office brings out an analysis of the important international ties between the State of Indiana and Mexico. These ties clearly illustrate the growing interdependence of nations and the resultant corresponding opportunities that emanate from such economic forces.

In this issue we are very proud to highlight an entrepreneur and a professional who has employed his intellect and personal abilities to leverage a strong Information Technology and Quantitative Mathematics background, into five White House presidential appointments. Stephen (Steve) Galvan, a very modest and unassuming man, has and continues to make significant impact both in the Midwest and in Washington, D.C. His is an inspiring story and, the foundation he worked from as a young man, is likely destined to “speak” to our youth with a strong message about the possibilities that exist for those who are willing to put forth the effort.

We bring to you Dr. David Cedeño, who has graciously joined our team to share his perspective on how science touches our everyday lives. He has an unparalleled level of energy and his contributions to both the scientific community and the rest of society are significant. Dr. Cedeño was highlighted in Que Viva! in January of this year.

We strive to hear from the community and we have a young lady who also was willing to share her perspective on the changes she has seen as early as her second year of formal education. Her eye opening experience is one that we feel is crucial to trumpet to all of our youth.

Everyone in our Que Viva! issues plays a unique role, we continue to hear from Raul Ramos y Sanchez as he analyzes the “chess game” taking place during the immigration reform process and comments on it. At-torney Roy Dominguez has seen the positive changes in home sales and has taken the time to offer potential homebuyers his thoughts on some potential pitfalls to avoid.

Regards,

Roberto E. CastañedaEditorial DirectorQue Viva! Indiana

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3Que Viva! Editorial

5Guest ColumnOpportunities due to International Trade with Mexico – Danny Lopez

6Guest ColumnSequestration Harms Education and Our Economy – US Dept of Education

8Education Sectionthe Rough and Tumble of Staying in College -- Claudia Castañeda

9science/education SectionImages of our Beautiful World -- Dr. David Cedeño

11perspectiveA Sermon of Sorts -- Jerry Davich

12legal sectionCosas Legales, Things Legal: Preparing to Buy a Home -- Attorney, Roy Dominguez 15current social issuesThe Politics of Immigration Reform -- Raul Ramos y Sanchez

16health sectionResources on Heart Health – PR/US Newswire

18Feature articleJourney to the White House and Beyond -- Que Viva! Indiana Staff

25women’s monthReflections for Women in Medicine – Eliza Lo Chin, M.D.

26women’s monthFirst Female Fighter Pilot – Air Force News Service

28economics sectionMinimum Wage is a Women’s Issue -- Latifa Lyles and Mary Beth Maxwell

Just this week, the monthly jobs report indicated a significant uptick in hiring for the month of January and a downward shift in the stubbornly-high national unemployment rate, now at 7.7%. Still, the economy remains sluggish and the recovery unusually slow as businesses across sectors point to regulatory uncertainty, skills gaps in the workforce, and access to capital as obstacles to expansion and reinvestment. Fortunately, our state has for the last decade laid a strong economic foundation in which Hoosier businesses can thrive, and the aims of the Pence administration to lower the tax burden for small businesses and expand workforce development programming will help enrich the climate of growth that has been created over time.

There is another major opportunity, however, that should be explored in order to help take Indiana from good to great and bolster economic revitalization in areas like Lake County, where it is certainly needed. Expansion of trade right here in our own region, specifically with Mexico, can represent a turnkey for major economic vitality and is a logical starting point as the Administration seeks avenues through which to foster new business-to-business growth. Additionally, expanded opportunities can help attract new companies to Indiana and grow jobs for the Hoosier workforce.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Indiana exported $3.2 billion in goods and services to Mexico in 2012, a jump of almost 25% from the preceding decade. This, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael Carmuñez said, supported roughly 67,000 jobs in our state, with transportation equipment, machinery, and chemical manufacturing as the top industries represented in that figure. Currently, Indiana ranks ninth in the country in exports to Mexico, and there is room for growth on both sides of the Rio Grande.

With companies like Allison Transmissions and Hoosier Gasket Corporation, for example, Indianapolis alone totaled nearly $541 million in exports to Mexico in 2012. Other parts of the state have benefitted as well. Columbus-based Cummins, Inc. has expanded its trade with Mexico over the years, too, and opportunities exist for other regions, including northwest Indiana, to capitalize in similar fashion.

With the steady growth of Indiana’s Latino population from 270,000 in 2000 to nearly 400,000 today, the connections between our state and Latin-America have never been stronger. Latino students graduating from Indiana’s various business and law schools, some of the very best programs in the country, ought to be finding opportunities to foster international business right here in our own backyard. After all, we have some of the nation’s strongest companies and most-impressive leaders, and identifying economic bridges to be expanded, or in some cases built, should be a fairly easy undertaking. Moreover, considering 85% of Indiana’s Latino population is of Mexican heritage, the most immediate point of intersection is clear.

Expansion of already-significant business collaboration between our state and Mexico – and, indeed, all of Latin-America – will help boost Indiana’s economy and strengthen theirs, as well. Recognizing that we live in an increasingly global economy, the strengthening of our trade partners is vital to our nation’s economic and national security interests, and expansion of exports and trade from our state is a win-win. Given our strong public and private sector leadership, we’re as poised as any state to lead the way

Expanded Trade With Mexico An Important Factor In Indiana’s Continued GrowthBy danny lopez

Mr. Lopez is Executive Director of the State of Indiana Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs and Director of Education and Legislation of the State of Indiana Civil Rights Commission.He is also the Special Assistant to Governor Mike Pence.

There has been a noisy debate in Washington over whether sequestration’s harm is real and at what point our public schools will feel the pain, but for educators outside of Washington, that’s a settled question. They’re not wasting time debating it, because some had already eliminated jobs and cut programs in anticipation of Congress’s dysfunction. Right now they are focused on figuring out how to deal with an even worse situation next school year.

This week I joined a handful of superintendents from around the country whose school districts are especially reliant on federal funding because of their locations in areas with little to no local property tax base. It is a particular shame that among the earliest and worst hurt are schools that serve large numbers of military families and those on tribal land serving Native American students.

Here’s some of what they said while visiting Wash-ington for a conference of the National Association of

Federally Impacted Schools.

• Window Rock Unified School District, in Fort Defiance, Ariz.,

serves 2,400 students in the capital of the Navajo Nation. Two-

thirds are homeless or live in substandard housing. Anticipating

the cuts that sequestration would make to Impact Aid and

other federal programs that amount to 60 percent of her budget,

Superintendent Deborah Jackson-Dennison eliminated 40 staff

positions going into the current school year. Her plan for the

upcoming year includes cutting 35 more teachers, 25 support

staff and five administrative positions, and potentially closing

three of her district’s seven schools. (Some children would face

hour-long bus rides to school, on the reservation’s dirt roads.)

Unemployment in Jackson-Dennison’s community exceeds 50

percent, so these layoffs due to sequestration and other budget

pressures will drag down the local economy even more.

• Ron Walker is superintendent in Geary County, Kan., which

is home to Fort Riley and the Army’s 1st Infantry Division.

U.S. Department of Education

Sequester Harms Education and Our EconomyPosted on March 7, 2013 by Arne Duncan

On March 4 Secretary Duncan joined superintendents from school districts that serve military and tribal communities, which will be hard hit by the federal funding cuts known as sequestration. (Photo by Leslie Williams/U.S. Department of Education)

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Last year, pessimistic that Congress would act to prevent the

sequester—he turned out to be right—Walker eliminated the

jobs of more than 100 paraprofessionals, many of whom worked

one on one with children with disabilities. Sequester compounds

the pressure already on his budget, he said. “This is a slow-bleed

process,” Walker said. “It’s like someone stuck needles in you and

is draining your blood. You don’t die overnight. But you will die.”

• In York County, Va., where Dennis Jarrett is chief financial

officer, the district has reduced 124 positions over the last four

years, he said. One of them was a guidance counselor—a tough

position to keep unfilled when 42 percent of your students are

connected to the military or some other branch of federal gov-

ernment. Parents’ deployment and frequent moves put unusual

emotional strain on children. “What we’re concerned about…is

the quality of life for our students,” Jarrett said.

These superintendents and their colleagues said something over and over that I know well from my days leading Chicago’s public schools: Any reduction in funding, and any uncertainty, causes managers to make more conservative decisions, which means fewer jobs.

In a recent survey by the American Association of School Administrators, more than three quarters of school district leaders indicated their district would have to eliminate jobs as a result of sequestration. Indeed, local school districts, along with states, will have to decide how to absorb these cuts.

The amount of money being cut from education programs and Head Start is the equivalent of about 40,000 teachers’ jobs. Instead of cutting jobs entirely, districts could furlough their teach-

ers and staff for a period of time—which is disruptive for kids—or shorten the school day or year. No one here in Washington can precisely predict how they’ll cope—not Congress, not the President, not Republicans, not Demo-crats, not think-tanks, interest groups or the news media.

But one thing is certain: cutting $85 billion out of federal programs that support low-income students, students with disabilities, seniors, energy and medical research, the environment, national security and public safety won’t be good for our citizens, our communities or our country. And in education, where personnel costs are about 80 percent of local budgets, you can be certain that some teachers and staff won’t have jobs come September. You can’t make cuts like these without harming your people.

Am I saying there’s not money in our education system that could be put to better use? Absolutely not. I’m not in the camp that says “more, more, more” without consid-ering what it buys you.

But rather than in-discriminately cutting the education budget, as the sequester does, let’s make smart investments. Let’s fund preschool for all children. Let’s redesign high schools to prepare students to succeed in college and our workforce. Let’s make college more af-fordable.

Taking an ax to Amer-ica’s school budgets is bad policy. It endangers the prog-ress our education system and economy have made in the last few years. Educators and parents get this. I urge Congress to undo this policy, which will only hurt children and our nation.

U.S. Department of Education

Sequester Harms Education and Our Economy

Ron Walker, superintendent of Geary County Schools 475 in Junction City, Kan., brought letters to Congress from 1,500 members of the community around Fort Riley, appealing to them to undo the sequester and maintain critical funding for educa-tion. (Photo by Leslie Williams/U.S. Department of Education)

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Growing up, there was never a question of whether or not I was

going to attend college. It was always an expectation that upon graduating from high school, I would already know where and what I was planning to study. I could not comprehend the decision of some of my peers to immediately enter the workforce. While I may not have ever seen another life option after high school, I am grateful for the mindset that my parents instilled in me throughout my childhood. It is not until now that I am able to see the challenges that some young adults face when deciding whether college is the right path for them. I can definitely relate to the way that financial struggles may play a large role in swaying a person against pursuing a formal education. However, I believe that, despite those worries, the true feat is to make the decision to attend college and not look back.

Because it was always ingrained in me to attend

college, I feel as though I took this on as a lighter task and was not entirely mentally prepared for the road ahead. My personal experience as I went off to college, my school’s structure and environment made the transition easier to digest and I felt as though this was a completely normal next stage in my life. I am now in my second semester of my sophomore year and have had some time to reflect upon the events of the last year and a half of my college career. It has been interesting to observe the growth and

evolution of people that I met during my freshman year. Some of those people are no longer at college. Some of them transferred or dropped out. A few of them, whom I became very close friends with, have struggled as they enroll in upper level classes and are forced to make quick decisions about jobs they will have for the rest of their lives. While it is not easy to attend and graduate from college, I whole heartedly believe that it is essential to obtain an education and continue to build upon the work ethic ingrained in me while growing up. I believe that rigorous years of undergraduate study provide that important foundation.

As I reach the halfway point of my undergraduate career and look back on my accomplishments, I realize they would never have been possible without the help of a college education and experience. It has opened my world up to jobs that I never could have found in my hometown. Many of the classes I have taken, while challenging, have given me a more open minded point of view that I was blind to before.

The demands put on me as a result of a tough cur-riculum and busy job schedule have shown me that I can be pushed further than I previously thought possible. I believe that one of the strongest tools that I, as well as other college students, will gain from our experience is the mental toughness that will allow us to strive for success despite hardship or adversity.

The rough and tumble to starting college…. Staying the CourseBy Claudia M. CastañedaQue Viva! Contributor

Claudia Castañeda is a contributor to Que Viva! and is currently a student at Loyola University Chicago majoring in political science.


Close your eyes and imagine your life without a cell phone, flat-screen TV, tablet, or computer. It does

not look very exciting, does it? Have you ever wondered how is that we came to enjoy them? They are the product of years of research and development by scientists and engineers that dedicate time and effort into making our lives more comfortable and stimulating.

Almost everyone in our country owns at least one of these devices. If you think about it, all of them have become an interactive window to distant worlds (real and fiction). In this interaction, the display plays a crucial role. It is the window that allows us to view and interact with the distant site.

Display technologies have evolved significantly over the years. The first displays available were based on cathodic ray tubes (CRT) and are also available in oscilloscopes and radar screens; these were seen in classic movies with submarines or evil scientists in them. Do you remember the old-style black and white TV sets and computer screens? The devices required a heavy power supply and coil to generate the image and were both bulky and had low resolution. A big technological breakthrough consisted in the creation of a display that could project in color. The transition to color was a major accomplishment that revolutionized the way we interpret our distant world. Thanks to color displays we can enjoy the true colors of the likes of the African savannah and the Hawaiian ocean into recesses of outer space or the recesses of our very own brains.

I still remember seeing my first soccer match in a color TV back in 1978! The technological breakthrough was the invention of phosphor screens that emit light in the visible range (red,

green and blue, RGB). The signal was then codified so that rays of different energies could induce the emission at a different RGB color. Color CRT dominated TVs and computer displays until liquid crystal (LC) technologies were advanced enough to produce a dynamic liquid crystal display (LCD). LCDs are based on chemical compounds that can switch the direction of light upon the application of an electrical signal. One of the biggest advantages of these devices is that they allow for the digitalization of the image and improved resolution. The LCD also allowed for a revolutionary advancement that allowed for a huge volume reduction of the display permitting for TV and computers to be “flat” and portable (i.e. laptops).

Miniaturization of color LCDs with enough resolution resulted in their incorporation into cell phones. Do you remember the bulky cell phones (without displays) from the end of the 1980s, and the not so distant cell phones with monochromatic LCDs? How far have we advanced in a short time! Higher resolution and touch-screen technologies are the current trend. The invention of colored light emitting diodes (LED) is the newest technological breakthrough now commonly found in TVs, computers, cell phones and tablets. The elimination of the backing fluorescent light required in LCDs has allowed for slimmer designs, while the low cost of LEDs provides us with cheaper devices at amazing image resolutions. Novel technologies, based on organic LEDs (OLEDs) would allow for larger range of colors, and flexible displays that can be rolled and stored.

I hope that next time you use your TV, computer, cell phone or tablet and see those vibrant images of a distant place you appreciate the effort of the scientists and engineers and the companies that invested in their work to make our lives comfortable and simply amazing.

Images of ourBeautiful World

By David L. Cedeño, Ph.D.

Dr. David L. Cedeño is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at Illinois State University and Que Viva! Science Contributing Correspondent. He has won numerous awards for his outstanding dedication to scientific teaching.

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Five thousand years ago, we knew nothing about our body and everything about our soul. Today, the opposite appears to be the gospel.

This resurrected realiza-tion, told to me several years ago by a Catholic priest, came to mind while attending the recent funeral for a 3-month-old baby. This tiny infant ob-viously knew nothing about her soul or her ill-fated body.

Yet her grieving family is convinced she will be waiting for them in heaven. It’s the only thought that carried them through her wake, funeral, and burial. This I understand. This I grasp. This, I told myself while staring at her small, lily-white open casket, is the beauty of faith.

However, like abstract art, faith is open to interpreta-tion. Some see a masterpiece already created. Others see a blank canvas awaiting their mortal brushstrokes.

Many lost lambs struggle to frame their faith, literally from womb to tomb. We wander through life in liturgy limbo, seemingly content without God, scripture, and religion. Or possibly we’re waiting for an epiphany to provoke that Kierkegaard-ian leap of faith.

During this Lenten season, with Easter – the high holy day of the Christian faith – in our midst and on our minds, I feel compelled to again ask the ageless questions: Why are we here? What is our purpose? What truly is a miracle – unexplained phenomena? Simply waking up each day? Or is it in the birth of a baby

whose funeral flowers lived longer than she did?

This much is certain. People are seeking something more in their lives, even if it’s pop culture parishioners without a clue where to begin. Or as that priest confessed to me, “Somewhere along

the way we lost all our soul skills.”

He was preaching to the proverbial choir on that observation.

The way I see it, there are believers and there are pretenders. Believers can’t pretend. Pretenders can’t believe. Either

you live your faith or you don’t. Period. All the other details, in-cluding your church, religion, and its dogma, are unneeded fine print.

Let’s be spiritually honest with one another: Everyone is an atheist about the gods they don’t believe in.

Of all the billions of people who’ve lived on this planet from the beginning of mankind – who’ve prayed, worshipped and died, yet who didn’t believe the way you do – they are not going to heaven? Really? This is the intriguing paradox of belief. There’s only one right path to heaven and – guess what – we’re all convinced we’re on it.

Then again, if God presented Himself, today, in the clearest of forms, undeniably Him, even

atheists would crawl out of their foxhole to embrace Him. God. And Jesus, too. But without such a clear-cut, obvious manifestation, what’s needed is faith.

Faith that He exists. Faith that we believe. Or, maybe more importantly, faith that He still believes in us

With Easter in our midst and on our minds, a

sermon of sortsJerry Davich, GUEST COLUMNIST

Jerry Davich is a journalist, freelance writer, public speaker, radio show host, and author of the book, “Connections: Everyone Happens for a Reason.” Find him on Facebook, Twitter, and his blog, www.jerrydavich.wordpress.com. Listen to his “Casual Fridays” radio show on Lakeshore Public Radio, 89.1-FM.

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Nowadays many are preparing to buy their next home or advising others the steps necessary to procure a mortgage loan. In brief, here are some things to consider:

1) Be prepared to stay in your new home for at least a few years because the cost of buying and selling a home can be costly and you could end up losing money. 2) Reduce your credit debt and take a few months in advance of any mortgage application. Don’t co-sign a loan for anyone. Don’t use your credit card(s) excessively or default on any accounts. Don’t buy a new automobile or new debt. 3) Buy a home that you can afford. In addition to your monthly mortgage payment, be sure to consider property taxes, utilities, repairs and other ancillary costs. In other words, how much can you realistically afford? 4) Determine the amount necessary for a home down payment. Take time to search for a lender that offers low interest rates and minimal down payment. Many lenders will offer you the option of paying points for a lower interest rate and weigh this option carefully. 5) If you have or will have school age children, investigate the quality of the schools in the area. As well as, review the crime rate, public safety departments and type of govern-ment, and the quality of public services. 6) Select a professional real estate agent of your choice. Pick someone that has a high reputation for customer service and ask family and friends for referrals of possible agents. 7) Do your homework before placing a bid on a house and always insist on a home inspector and appraisal. Be sure to negotiate the asking price versus your bid to purchase. The home inspector should be working for you and NOT the seller!

These are some of the important first steps that you

may want to consider in buying a home. Also, try to get pre-approved for a certain mortgage amount. Lastly, many lawyers specialize in real estate law and you may want to seek legal advice on more specific do’s and don’ts.

Roy DominguezAttorney at Law

preparing to buy a home

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First, the good news: Immigration reform has gained support among Democrats and Republicans. And now, the bad news: Immigration reform also has some very determined opponents in both parties.

The pro-reform Republicans include national party leaders who see their party in a demographic death spiral without Latino support along with employers in labor-starved industries. Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, worried about the negative effects on Latino voters of racist-laced rhetoric against illegal immigration, urged the GOP to “stop being the stupid party.” Meanwhile, high-tech business leaders have organized a “virtual march for immigration reform” to bring more skilled workers into the country as part of a comprehensive immigration bill. All this bodes well for a bi-partisan reform effort. However, the Republicans are deeply divided on the issue.

Opposing reform in the GOP is the nativist fringe. Their xenophobic fears are best summed up by a woman at a Tea Party rally with a sign that read: I want my country back. Along with Tea Party types, the nativist wing is represented by well-organized lobbying groups like NumbersUSA, Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (ALIPAC), the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Although the Republican national leadership has scaled back its support for these groups, they will still pose a formidable obstacle to immigration reform. Their members have proven to be energetic and highly vocal in the past.

On the surface, Democratic support appears strong. President Obama has

declared that immigration reform is a priority of his second term. But labor unions, a powerful Democratic constituency, are opposed to a key component of any comprehensive immigration bill: a guest worker program. Will the Democrats risk a major source of funds and organizing power and pass a bill opposed by big labor? Not likely.

The safest play for the Democrats will be to pay lip service to comprehensive immigration reform, do very little to see it passed, and blame the Republicans

when it doesn’t. This tactic will secure Democratic support among Latinos while avoiding a confrontation with big labor.

How do supporters of immigration reform solve this political Rubik’s Cube? One way is to avoid a “comprehensive” bill altogether. Remember the horror show of divisiveness over comprehensive health care reform? That debate might seem civil compared to the passions comprehensive immigration reform could stir.

We’ve made progress on the DREAM Act. Let’s push it over the top. A guest worker program is another piece of immigration

reform that could be passed separately (with Republican support) and help undocumented workers come out of the shadows. Increasing the number of visas for highly skilled workers would help the U.S. become more competitive as well. Taken one at a time, each issue has a better chance of emerging intact than as part of a behemoth comprehensive bill requiring compromises that will leave everyone dissatisfied.

Let’s solve the immigration Rubik’s Cube by passing reforms one at a time.

Immigration:The Political Rubik’s Cube

By author: Raul Ramos y Sanchez

Raul Ramos y Sanchez is the award-winning author of the novels AMERICA LIBRE, HOUSE DIVIDED and PANCHO LAND. He is also host and editor of MyImmigrationStory.com For more information visit www.RaulRamos.com.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among US Hispanics

ATLANTA, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNews-wire-USNewswire/ -- Educational re-sources to help Hispanics take control of their heart health is available from Million Hearts, a national public-private partner-ship that works to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.

“Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer in every racial and ethnic group in America, and Million Hearts is committed to ensuring that everyone understands their risk,” said Janet Wright , M.D., ex-ecutive director of Million Hearts. “These new resources will help Spanish-speaking Americans calculate their risk and, more importantly, take steps to reduce it.”

A recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that high blood pressure among Hispanic groups is a particular concern. More than

a quarter (26.1 percent) of Hispanics reported having high blood pressure, and nearly a third (30.4 percent) with high blood pressure weren’t taking medication that could reduce their risk for heart attack and stroke. Just 40.7 percent of Hispanics said their blood pressure was under control.

“Our message to Hispanics is clear: If you have high blood pressure, work with your doctor to get it controlled and keep it controlled,” said Thomas Frieden , MD, MPH, CDC director. “Take care of your heart for yourself, and for your family.”

The new educational resources provide action steps and tips:

• The Four Steps for Heart Health fact sheet

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‘GPS’ en la sala de operaciónEl hospital Methodist es el unico en noroeste de Indiana que tieneuna Sala Quirurgica con Multi Especialidad con GPS.

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“If you embrace education you will develop a curiosity that allows a grasp of concepts that will ultimately pay dividends during your entire lifetime” says Stephen (Steve) Galvan, Prin-cipal at Galvan and Associates. “If you combine such education with our traditional work ethic and no holds barred tenacity to achieve things, you will have significant control over your destiny”

Galvan and Associates is a manage-ment consulting firm. Steve along with his two brothers John and Joseph (Joe) are partners and run the company. The firm has attracted a team of busi-ness professionals ranging from former federal officials, staff with advanced degrees, and former military officers, to serve the many sectors of the federal government that the company has as clients.

Galvan and Associates, as a federal contractor has developed teaming based relationships with firms, large and small, to pursue business oppor-tunities and service their clients. Re-cently they signed a partnership with a leading global information technology

company for fraud detection software. The company is a certified services provider for a number of federal agen-cies. Disciplines like planning, project management, information technology, financial management, disaster man-agement and housing and community development, are the cornerstone of their business. They have served federal agencies such as USDA, FEMA, HUD, and SBA.

Growing Up and Acquiring an Education:Galvan and his brothers were

raised in the Bridgeport neighbor-hood in Chicago, very close to the old Comiskey Park. He points out that he is the only White Sox fan in the family. His parents had one goal and that was to ensure that each of their children completed their education. True to form, after attending Catholic elementary and secondary school, they all went on to complete their formal education. John received both under-graduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois and Loyola University respectively and has spent a good portion of his career in the financial industry before Galvan and Associates. Joe received his under-

graduate degree from the University of Illinois and served as Midwest and Southeast Region Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a presiden-tial appointment, from 2001 to 2009.

Galvan holds a Master of Business Administration from the prestigious University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Il-linois at Chicago where he also studied advanced quantitative economics in the Master of Arts program.

“I attribute my success to my family and values instilled into us by my parents Jesse and Josephine, through their words, example and commit-ment. They taught us a solid respect and appreciation for hard work and an unyielding understanding that a solid education is needed to expand your horizons” says Galvan, “my father Jesse owned a small print shop at a local church to supplement his very modest wages. He taught us the value of commitment and meeting deadlines.” Galvan further states, “I had to wear multiple hats. Throughout my college

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An Accomplished Entrepreneur, Public Servant and Mentor:

STEVE GALVAN“You only have three basic resources: time, knowledge and capital. Use your time wisely during your working hours toward acquiring and retaining customers. Use your resources, whether technology, management skills, people, or partnerships to help you differentiate yourself. Lastly, make sure you secure enough business to keep the cash flowing, after all, cash flow is the lifeblood of your business”

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years I worked in a wholesale jewelry store and supplemented that income to pay for school delivering pizzas, fly-boy at the old Chicago Daily News newspaper printing plant and helping my dad at the print shop. I felt com-pelled to graduate with a Bachelor’s in four years. Failure to get a formal education was not an option.”

Path from Private Sector to White House:During his private sector career

prior to federal service, he founded a business intelligence consulting firm, was an executive at consulting firms, and held Fortune 500 IT management positions in the Telecommunications, Media, Manufacturing, Leisure and IT Software industries. He held strategic planning, information technology and consulting roles.

After 24 years of working in the private sector Galvan was brought in to serve in the Federal government through five White House presidential appointments from 2002-2007. His first appointment was to the Executive Office of the President (White House) at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and then at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

At OMB Galvan was in the office that had oversight responsibility for, at the time, the $65 billion of Federal Information Technology budget. At SBA he held positions responsible for managing the entire agency, includ-ing as Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer, Acting Deputy Administrator and Chief Information Officer. At one point he had an unprecedented three concurrent positions. These

“multiple hats” gave Steve a unique perspective and exposure functioning in such broad and important capacities.

“A Chief of Staff is the one who pulls the entire leadership team together, constantly communicates with the head of the agency and shuts the lights off at the end of the day.” said Galvan.

A Deputy and Chief Operating Officer are more management and policy focused. They get the briefing books, direct and decide. The Chief of Staff evaluates that direction and decisions. During his service at SBA , he was a member of senior-level councils. He served in the President’s Management Council (PMC) composed of Cabinet Deputy Secretaries and agency COOs; the key objective of the PMC was to advise the president on management related issues across the federal govern-ment. He also served on the Federal Chief Information Officers Council and with the Chiefs of Staff body.

Some poignant memories he recalls during his post as Chief of Staff and Deputy for the SBA are his involvement and meeting officials and hosting of various delegations that would visit the SBA from all over the world including Japan, Israel, Britain, Brazil, Greece, Benin, and the Philip-pines.

Impact of Robust Information Technology in Government:

Galvan’s perspective on Informa-tion Technology is that, any organiza-tion large or small requires efficient management of information to be successful. An efficient information system is the platform which allows for an understanding of external forces and their potential impact, short and long term, for any organization. While at the OMB, Galvan was part of an or-ganization which reported to, then Di-rector, Mitch Daniels (recently Indiana Governor) who implemented signifi-cant cost-saving measures. Galvan’s team was able to shave off $1 billion through improvement programs and cost reductions through e-government, shared services and payroll consolida-tion. He is very thankful for Daniels’ support in providing the strong lead-ership needed at the highest levels of government within the executive

branch and congress to achieve the magnitude of such feat. Galvan is passionate about using technology to drive out inefficiencies, whether government or business. “While at the OMB, we were able to bring in solutions from industry and incor-porated them into the government infrastructure toward value creation for our nation” said Galvan.

One example of this type of streamlining is rooted on Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a significant upgrade from locally sup-ported infrastructure. There is no need to maintain local data centers and other infrastructure and thus yields significant savings. Where ap-propriate, the governmental systems are being methodically transitioned toward shared informational services developed by companies like IBM, Microsoft and Google. Such systems are sophisticated, have ample capacity and are then “rented” to the govern-ment toward cost mitigation leading to reduced infrastructure development and maintenance costs. The end-result is that services such as e-mail, payroll management, and other type of routine computing uses are executed on such shared systems at a fraction of the cost. Galvan says “this lets organizations focus on their mission delivery and key competencies.”

Thoughts on Small Business:Galvan is an entrepreneur at heart.

His advice for small business owners is straight-forward. “You only have three basic resources” says Galvan,

“Time, Knowledge and Capital. Use your time wisely during your working hours toward acquiring and retain-ing customers. Use your resources, whether technology, management skills, people, or partnerships to help you differentiate yourself. Lastly, make sure you secure enough business to keep the cash flowing, after all, cash

flow is the lifeblood of your business”

At the end of the day, credibility and meeting deadlines are crucial. Galvan makes reference to an event earlier in his career, to a specific na-tional retailer that needed a software retail buyers planning system for a national buyers meeting at the Ambas-sador Hotel in downtown Chicago. Galvan mobilized his resources and removed every bottleneck and obstacle to deliver on his promise. This affected twenty-four retail store companies and over 200 stores. What started out on a Friday afternoon as a crisis to get the system running, turned out to be

a perfectly fine tuned system and ready for use on Sunday evening as a result of a relentless and “round the clock” vigil to make it happen. His take on business is “if you make a commitment, it is incumbent upon you to come through. You own that responsibility and your name and reputation ride on fulfilling such commitment”

Revisiting the cornerstone from a family perspective:

Galvan shared that, when he was young, in spite of physical handicaps; his father engaged with his sons and set the tone for persistence. His mother Josephine instilled her goal to achieve

education. It is easy to envision the dedication of parents through example showing the values related to hard work, dedication, commitment and education. At this juncture in Galvan’s career, he reflects on his background and with a gleam in his eye can only smile. Another exceptionally strong and profound reason for smiling is his wife Melody as they celebrate their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. Both his family and Melody have been mutual pillars of support. It is gratify-ing to visit with a man who, in spite of his significant, cerebral and colorful accomplishments; maintains his unas-suming and modest way of being.

“Si te educas desarrollarás una curio-sidad que te ayudara a comprender con-ceptos que a largo plazo te pagara grandes dividendos durante toda una vida “, dijo Stephen (Steve) Galván, dueño principal de Galván y Asociados. “Al combinar tal educación con nuestra ética tradicional de trabajo junto con nuestra tenacidad hacia el logro, tendrás un control significativo hacia tu destino”

Galván y Asociados es una empresa de consultoría para administración de empresas. Steve Junto con sus dos her-manos John y Joseph (Joe) son socios de su empresa. La empresa ha atraído a un equipo de individuos profesionales de negocios desde ex funcionarios federa-les, personal con títulos post grados y ex oficiales militares, para darle servicio a los muchos sectores del Gobierno federal los que con los cuales la empresa cuenta

como clientes.

Galván y Asociados, es un contratista federal y ha formado relaciones con em-presas, grandes y pequeñas, para darle servicio a sus clientes. Recientemente llegaron a un acuerdo con una empresa líder de tecnología a nivel mundial con un software para la detección de fraude. Galván y Asociados está certificada para proveerle servicios a varias agencias

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federales. Desempeña disciplinas tales como la planificación, administración de proyectos, tecnología de la información, administración financiera, administración de desastres y el desarrollo de la vivienda y de la comunidad, como sus bases prin-cipales de su negocio. La empresa le ha dado servicio a agencias federales tales como el USDA, FEMA, HUD, y el SBA.

Al crecer y el adquirir su educación:Galván y sus hermanos crecieron en

el barrio de Bridgeport en Chicago, cerca del antepasado Comiskey Park. El nos hace saber que el es en único fanático de los Medias Blancas de su familia. Sus padres tuvieron un mayor objetivo, aquel de que cada uno de sus hijos completara su educación. Dicho y hecho, después de la escuela primaria y secundaria católica, todos los hermanos lograron completar su educación universitaria. John recibió títulos de Grado y Posgrado de La Uni-versidad de Illinois y La Universidad de Loyola, respectivamente, y le dedicó gran parte de su carrera a la industria del sector Financiero antes de ingresarse a Galván y Asociados. Joe recibió su licenciatura de la Universidad de Illinois y sirvió como Director Regional de ambas regiones del Medio Oeste y sudeste de Estados Unidos para el Housing and Urban Development de Estados Unidos, un nombramiento presidencial que se ubicó desde el 2001 al 2009.

Galván tiene una maestría en Admin-istración de Empresas de la prestigiosa Universidad de Chicago Booth School of Business y una Licenciatura en ciencias en matemáticas de la Universidad de Il-linois en Chicago, donde también estudio conceptos avanzados de la economía cu-antitativa en el Programa de Maestría en Artes.

“Atribuyo mi éxito a mi familia y a los valores que nos inculcaron mis Padres Jesse y Josephine, a través de sus palabras, su ejemplo y su entrega como padres. Nos

ensenaron el respeto solido y un aprecio hacia el trabajo y un entendimiento de que una buena educación es necesaria para salir adelante y ver nuevos horizon-tes “, dijo Galván,” mi padre tenía una imprenta pequeña dentro de una iglesia para fortalecer sus pocos ingresos. El nos enseñó el valor del cumplir con los plazos de compromisos en el negocio junto con el valor de nuestra palabra”. Siguió Galván, “Tuve que moverme en diver-sas maneras para pagar mi universidad. Trabajé en una joyería y le añadí a esos ingresos entregando pizzas, distribuyendo periódicos en la antigua planta del Chicago Daily News mientras le ayudaba a mi padre en su imprenta. Me sentí obligado a completar mi licenciatura en cuatro años. El no lograr recibirme con una educación universitaria, nunca fue ni siquiera una opción”.

Ruta de Acceso del sector Privado de la Casa Blanca:Durante su carrera en el sector privado

antes de pasar a sus puestos federales, fundó una empresa de consultoría de inteligencia de negocios. Desempeño roles ejecutivos en empresas de consul-toría, y sostuvo puestos de Tecnología de Información en empresas del Fortune 500, puestos de dirección en los sectores de telecomunicaciones, medios de comu-nicación, manufactura, y de las industrias de software de IT. Ocupó puestos impor-tantes como la Planificación Estratégica, la Tecnología de la Información y las Funciones de Consultoría.

Después de 24 años en sector privado Galván fue contratado para trabajar en el Gobierno federal y se le otorgaron cinco nombramientos presidenciales desde la Casa Blanca entre los años 2002-2007. Su primer nombramiento fue de la oficina ejecutiva del Presidente (Casa Blanca) para trabajar en la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto de Estados Unidos (OMB) y posteriormente dentro de la Adminis-tración de Pequeños Negocios de Estados Unidos. (SBA).

En la OMB Galván estuvo en la Oficina con responsabilidad de supervisar, en aquel entonces, un presupuesto de $ 65 Mil Millones de Dólares para sumin-istro de Tecnología de la Información a nivel Federal. En el SBA Galván ocupó puestos de responsabilidad para dirigir la agencia en su totalidad, inclusive Jefe de Personal (Chief of Staff), Director General de Operaciones, Administrador Interino Adjunto y Jefe de Información (Chief Information Officer).

En un momento dado tuvo el récord de tres posiciones concurrentes. Estas

“múltiples responsabilidades “ de dieron a Galván una perspectiva única y la opor-tunidad de ver la enormidad e importancia de tan amplios puestos. “El Jefe de Personal (Chief of Staff) es el qué reúne a todo el equipo y mantiene una constante comu-nicación con el Jefe de la Agencia y al final del día, apaga las luces” dijo Galván.

El director de operaciones y el director adjunto trabajan más a nivel adminis-trativo. Se informan acerca de los libros informativos, dirigen y hacen recomenda-ciones. El Jefe de Personal (Chief of Staff) evalúa tales recomendaciones y toma las decisiones. Durante su servicio en la SBA, Galván ocupo un puesto de alto rango dentro de la membrecía de concilios. Se desempeño como miembro del Consejo Administrativo Presidencial (PMC), in-tegrado por los secretarios adjuntos del Gabinete y Director de Operaciones de agencia. La directiva principal de la PMC es el asesorar al presidente sobre cuestio-nes relacionadas con la gestión de todo el gobierno federal. Galván también formo parte de la mesa directiva como Jefe de Información del Consejo trabajando al lado del concilio de los Jefes de Estado.

El nos comentó acerca de varios re-cuerdos conmovedores, durante su cargo Como Jefe de Personal y Diputado de la SBA, al participar y ser anfitrión para distintas delegaciones internacionales

que visitaron a la SBA, inclusive Japón, Israel, Gran Bretaña, Brasil, Grecia, Benín, y las Filipinas.

Impacto de una robusta Tecnología de Información en el Gobierno:

La perspectiva de Galván hacia la Tecnología de la Información en cualquier organización, grande o chica requiere un manejo eficiente de la información para tener éxito. Un Sistema de información eficiente es la plataforma que permite un preciso entendimiento acerca del impacto de fuerzas externas y sus posibles efectos, a corto y largo plazo para cualquier or-ganización.

Durante su estadía en la OMB, Galván estuvo en una organización quien le re-portaba directamente al Director, Mitch Daniels (recientemente el gobernador de Indiana) el funcionario quien implemento importantes medidas de ahorro. El equipo de Galván fue capaz de reducir costos por un total de $ 1 mil millones a través de programas de mejoras y una reducción de costos a través de un sistema de e-gobierno, servicios compartidos y la consolidación de la nómina. Galván reconoce y agradece el apoyo de Daniels. Atribuye su fuerte liderazgo que Daniels ejerció dentro los más altos niveles de Gobierno inclusive la rama Ejecutiva y el Congreso de Estados Unidos para haber logrado la magnitud de tal hazaña. Galván tiene una gran pasión con el uso de la tecnología informativa para eliminar las ineficiencias, ya sea dentro del Gobierno o en el negocio. “Dentro de la OMB, pudimos traer soluciones de la industria y las incorporamos dentro de la infraestructura del Gobierno para así poder crear gran valor para nuestra patria”, dijo Galván.

Un ejemplo de este tipo de imple-mentación de eficiencia resta en Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing es un ejemplo del como se ha actualizado la antigua infraestructura con apoyo local. No hay necesidad de mantener centros

de datos locales u otras infraestructuras y por lo tanto se logran ahorros impor-tantes. En este caso, la transición de los sistemas de Gobierno se está llevando a cabo metódicamente hacia un sistema de servicios compartidos. Estos sistemas de información han sido desarrollados por empresas como IBM, Microsoft y Google. Tales sistemas son muy sofisti-cados, y tienen la capacidad, para que el Gobierno pueda “alquilar” y así poder reducir los costos que de otra manera serian necesarios para desarrollar y luego mantener una infraestructura semejante. El resultado final es que los servicios, tales como el correo electrónico, el manejo de nóminas, y otros tipos de aplicaciones informáticas rutinarias se ejecutan en estos sistemas compartidos a una fracción del costo. Galván dice “estas iniciativas permiten que las agencias se dediquen a su misión y enfoque principal”.

Reflexiones sobre Pequeñas Empresas:Galván es un empresario de corazón.

Su consejo para los propietarios de pequeñas empresas es sencillo. “sólo hay tres recursos básicos”, dice Galván, “el tiempo, el conocimiento y el capital. Usa tu tiempo cuidadosamente durante las horas de trabajo para adquirir y retener a tus clientes. Utiliza tus recursos, ya sean la tecnología, capacidad de administrar, tu gente o socios para poder diferenciarte. Por último, asegúrate que tu negocio atraiga bastantes clientes para así man-tener el flujo de efectivo. Al fin y al cabo, el flujo de efectivo es lo más esencial para un negocio”

El cumplir con nuestros compromisos es crítico y fortalece la credibilidad. Galván compartió acerca de una experiencia cuando una compañía nacional de software dedicada al menudeo. Esta necesitaba exhibir su software en un congreso a nivel nacional en el hotel Ambassador de Chicago. Galván movilizó sus recursos para poder eliminar cualquier cuello de botella u obstáculos para cumplir con

su promesa. Este proyecto afectaría a veinticuatro empresas y a un total de más de 200 tiendas. Lo que comenzó en una dada tarde del viernes como una crisis resulto en un sistema integrado funcio-nando perfectamente para la noche del domingo. Tal acontecimiento fue como consecuencia de una vigilia implacable continua de noche y día desde el inicio del proyecto. Su perspectiva acerca del negocio es esta: “si te echas un compromiso, te corresponde hacer todo lo necesario para cumplirlo. Con tal compromiso, es tu responsabilidad ya que tu nombre y reputación están totalmente ancladas a ese compromiso”, dijo Galván

Repasando la importancia de la familia:Galván compartió que a pesar que

su padre tenía limitaciones físicas, el se comprometió a inculcarles a sus hijos la importancia de la persistencia. Su madre Josephine se aferró a que sus hijos logr-aran una educación. Es fácil imaginar la dedicación de los padres que a través de su ejemplo le dieran vida al valor del trabajo, la dedicación, el compromiso y la educación. A este punto de su carrera, Galván puede reflexionar sobre los pasajes de su pasado y con brillo en sus ojos puede sonreír. Otra importante causa de su sonrisa es la presencia de su esposa Melody ya que recientemente celebraron su tri-gésimo quinto aniversario de bodas. Tanto su familia como Melody han sido pilares de apoyo para él. Es gratificante conocer a un hombre sin pretensiones. A pesar de sus logros significativos, cerebrales y coloridos, mantiene una forma humilde y modesta de ser.


Just over 150 years ago that Elizabeth Blackwell, a determined young student, became the first American woman to gain admission to medical school. Yet her acceptance to Geneva Medical College had been a mere accident. The faculty had not wanted to admit women, but desiring the student body’s support, they had put the issues to a vote. Imagine their shock when the class in a joking mood, voted unanimously to accept her. A classmate wrote years later about Blackwell’s first day (Smith, 1911):

“ A lady, on his invitation, entered, whom he formally introduced as Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, a hush fell upon the class as if each member had been stricken with paralysis. A death-like stillness pre-vailed during the lecture, and only the newly arrived student took notes. She retired with the professor, and thereafter came in with him and sat on the platform during the lecture.”

Despite a flurry of protests within the medical community, other pioneer women soon followed suit, notably among them Elizabeth’s younger sister, Emily Blackwell, as well as Maria Zakrzewska, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and Ann Preston. The Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania opened in 1850, the first of several institutions devoted primarily to the medical education of women. In 1857, the Blackwell sisters, along with Zakrzewska, founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.

By the end of the 19th century, 19 women’s medical colleges and 9 women’s hospitals had been established. The struggle for coeducation, however, was initially successful only in a minority of institutions, hampered in large part by the theories of Harvard professor Edward H. Clarke (1874) who proclaimed that women seeking advanced education would develop

“monstrous brains and puny bodies [and] abnormally weak digestion.” As Mary Putnam Jacobi wrote (1891), “It is perfectly evident from the records, that the op-position to women physicians has rarely been based upon any sincere conviction that women could not be instructed in medicine, but upon an intense dislike to the idea that they should be so capable.”

This early pioneer generation endured the hard years of study with little support even from their own families and often flagrant discrimination. Sensing that the future of the entire female gender lay upon their shoulders, they worked even more diligently to prove their academic merit.. Many eventually graduated at or near the top of their class. The success of these efforts was reflected most obviously in the impressive standing achieved by women physicians by the end of the 19th century. They constituted 5% of American physicians and numbered over 7,000.

The early 20th century, however, saw a decline in the women’s medical movement, largely the result of multiple influences - - medical education reform, closing of all but one of the women’s medical colleges, the rise of allied health fields such as nursing, public health and social work, and the changing face of medicine itself, becoming more scien-tific and less humanistic. Furthermore, society in the 1950’s glorified domestic-ity, placing a women’s primary role as that of homemaker. So in 1949, just 100 years after Elizabeth Blackwell, still only 5.5% of entering students were women. It wasn’t until after the revival of feminism in the 1960’s and the passage of Title IX of the Higher Education Act (prevent-ing federal funded educational institu-tions from discriminating on the basis of gender) that these numbers began to increase significantly. In 1974, 22.4% of

new medical school entrants were women; today, that figure has increased to 45.6%.

By the latter part of the 20th century, overt discrimination had become less ap-parent, yet subtle inequities continued to persist at all levels within the profession - gender discrimination, sexual harass-ment, the “glass ceiling” phenomenon, and the lack of maternity support were just some of the barriers still faced by women physicians. Recent data suggest, however, that women are increasing their foothold within American medicine. According to the AMA (2000), women now compose 22.8% of U.S. physicians. Within academic institutions, 28% of full-time faculty are women, although their ranks are skewed toward the instructor or assistant professor levels. But the future does look promis-ing. Women now make up 45.6% of new entrants to U.S. medical schools and are an entering majority in 36 schools.

Looking back over the past 150 years, women have made tremendous advances within the medical profession, overcoming traditional barriers to establish their right-ful place within the profession. No longer considered strange or peripheral, they have become a strong, vital force, achieving a level of prominence that was unimaginable in the mid-19th century. And as the rising numbers suggest, there is every reason to believe that they will continue to succeed. As Marie Mergler wrote back in 1896, “No woman studying medicine today will ever know how much it has cost the individuals personally concerned in bringing about these changes; how eagerly they have watched new developments and mourned each defeat and rejoiced with each success. For with them it meant much more than success or failure for the individual, it meant the failure or success of a grand cause.”

Looking back over the history of women in medicine

Eliza Lo Chin, MD Adapted from “Historical Perspective” in This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine, ed. Eliza Lo Chin. (2002) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Pages 1-9.

3/1/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a few restrictions. Her first choice, the F-15 Strike Eagle, wasn’t yet an option for female pilots.

“I was told you finished No. 1, but you cannot pick a fighter,” Leavitt said. “You cannot pick a bomber. You cannot pick a special ops aircraft. There was a whole list of aircraft I couldn’t fly, and I was directed to choose among the other aircraft.”

Fortunately for Leavitt and all female Airmen with similar aspirations, the following year then-Defense Department Secretary Les Aspin ordered all service branches to drop restrictions on women flying combat missions. Leavitt became the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot and later the service’s first woman to graduate from the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Almost two decades later, she’s been the nation’s first female fighter wing com-mander since she assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., in 2012.

While she recognizes her place in Air Force history, Leavitt prefers emphasizing her role as an officer and commander. When she learned she would be flying the F-15 while she was in the middle of T-38 Talon pilot instructor training at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Leavitt didn’t care about publicity or the chance to make history. She just wanted to fly in fighters.

“When we first discussed it, the indi-

AF first female fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes

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vidual from headquarters I was talking to mentioned there would be a lot of pub-licity since I would be the first (woman),” she said. “What I told him was I didn’t want the publicity, but I really want to fly fighters. The thing was, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. It was part of who I was and what I wanted to do. The notoriety and publicity wasn’t what I wanted, but it came due to the timing.”

Not everyone was happy about the defense secretary’s decision, and Leavitt had to prove herself to those who ques-tioned her abilities because of her gender.

“A lot of times people were resistant because it was change, and a lot of times people don’t like change,” she said. “Some people weren’t in favor of the change that happened and didn’t want women flying fighters. In many cases when I’d show up, once they saw I was competent, and I was a skilled pilot, and I wasn’t trying to change their whole world, they became much more accepting of me.”

Leavitt flew more than 2,500 hours in the F-15, including 300 combat hours, mostly in Afghanistan and Iraq. Maj. Gen. Lawrence L. Wells, 9th Air Force com-mander, flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon as an operations officer with Leavitt during Operation Southern Watch in 1996.

He recalls surprise when he first saw her at a mass pre-mission briefing because he didn’t know any women were deployed in the area of responsibility at that time. But the surprise soon turned into admiration as he observed Leavitt,

especially during a mission supporting a Royal Air Force Tornado GR1 during a threat of an Iraqi Roland surface-to-air missile. He could sense her professionalism and skill as he listened to tapes of her radio calls during the de-briefing after the mission.

“I remember thinking how cool and calm she sounded during the entire time,” Wells said. “It was all just a very profes-sional, well-run response to a potential threat, and I remember thinking at that time, ‘This female fighter pilot is going to go far in our Air Force.’”

He also described the young F-15 pilot as “a great wingman,” a trait he thinks will serve her well as a commander.

“We value in our young officers the ability to be in the right place at the right time,” Wells said. “That’s what a real wingman does. At the time, she was a great wingman, which in my view, makes her a better leader. Because you really have to know how to follow before you can lead. You have to understand what Airmen are thinking and how your Airmen are dealing with issues and what your young Airmen are focused on. Now having been a great wingman, she can be a great commander.”

When Wells introduced Leavitt at her change of command ceremony at Seymour Johnson AFB in June, he chose his words carefully. Despite the historical significance of her career, Leavitt prefers recognition as an Air Force officer and commander. Wells chose remarks that

would strike the same tone.

“I had some very specific things I wanted to say about her, and how I had seen her, not only in combat during Southern Watch, but also from kind of following her career,” Wells said. “What I did not want to do in my speech was to highlight the fact that she was the first female commander. I was very sensitive to say the Air Force actually picked the right person to be in the right job at the right time, which I think speaks more for her as a professional Air Force officer, who, oh, by the way, just happens to be a female.”

Leavitt now commands one of only three Air Force units with the Strike Eagle, along with 5,000 active-duty members and 12,000 civilians. Looking back on the progress women have made in her 20 years in the Air Force, the biggest difference she’s seen is women in fighter squadrons are no longer unusual as she was in 1993.

“One thing that’s changed is women are no longer a novelty,” Leavitt said. “When I started flying fighters in 1993, there were no other women. So there were no female instructor pilots, no flight commanders and no squadron command-ers. So it was quite a novelty to have a female in the fighter squadron. The good news is this opportunity opened up, and quite a few women followed in my path.”

AF first female fighter pilot continues to break stereotypes

The following is a cross-post of a blog that first appeared on Huffington Post Business:

Today is International Women’s Day, and all over the world people are celebrating women – their economic and civic empowerment, their courage in the face of inequality, their role in everything from ensuring peace and security to fighting poverty and hunger.

At the U.S. Department of Labor, we have always fought for women’s economic rights. The department’s Wage and Hour Division and its Women’s Bureau lead our efforts to ensure hardworking women receive a fair wage for the work they do. President Obama has proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour and indexing it to the cost of living by 2015, because people who work full time should not live in poverty. Sixty percent of the 15 million workers who would benefit from this proposal are women, and many of them are the primary breadwinners for their families. For them, this is a matter of economic urgency.

In recent weeks, acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris has visited with low-wage workers in several communities. He wanted to hear the stories of surviving on the minimum wage directly from the workers themselves. What we have heard over and over again in Cleveland, Philadelphia, Orlando, Boston and Pittsburgh are stories of struggle, but also heroic optimism and the tremendous will to provide for our families, those very qualities that define us as a country. In Cleveland, acting Secretary Harris met Kizzie Simmons, a nursing assistant and single mother of three who worries that she will have to tell her college-bound

daughter that she won’t be able to afford tuition payments.

When we hear stories from workers like Kizzie, we are reminded that raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do – not just for them, but for the next gen-eration. Kizzie’s unsinkable spirit is exactly what we celebrate today.

In fact, stories like Kizzie’s have inspired our work now for 100 years. During this cen-tennial week at the Labor Depart-ment, we celebrate the pioneering work of our pre-decessors to secure fair wages. As long ago as 1918, the Women’s Bureau demonstrated a forward-looking commitment to female wage-earners, providing assistance to states in determining minimum wage rates that recognized the needs of women, conducting research on living costs for single women, and publishing reports that strongly influenced the policies of the era. Building on that early work, the nation’s first female Cabinet secretary, Frances Perkins, championed wage and hour standards with

minimun wageis a Women’s Issue

by LATIFA LYLES AND MARY BETH MAXWELL on MARCH 8, 2013

Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/


the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. The Women’s Bureau was instrumental in ensuring that law included provisions preventing pay discrimination on the basis of sex.

That legisla-tion established the minimum wage and created the de-partment’s Wage and Hour Division, which has led the fight for fair wages. Although the en-actment of the FLSA was a major step forward, many workers, often women, were left out. Initially, large groups of workers in woman-domi-nated fields like laundries, restau-

rants, nursing homes, public schools and domestic service were excluded from wage and overtime protections. Since then, the law has been expanded to cover workers in these and other sectors. But our work is not done. There are still workers who are excluded from the FLSA’s protections.

For example, a 1974 amendment to the FLSA created an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime

requirements for “companions,” individuals who visit with elderly or infirm family members in their homes. Today, there is a robust and fast-growing home care industry that provides professional care workers to families who need help caring for their loved ones. There are nearly two million direct care workers – more than 90 percent of them are women – who work hard to provide the home health care and assistance that enables our family members to lead dignified and productive lives. Yet under the current FLSA rules, they are not entitled to minimum wage and overtime protections. That’s just wrong. It is unacceptable that more than one-third of them rely on public assistance like food stamps and Medicaid just to scrape by. And that’s why the department has proposed amending the FLSA rules so that home care workers will be entitled to minimum wage and overtime. Their hard work and devotion should be recognized and rewarded with a fair wage.

We are inspired every day by the strength and dignity of women who work so hard to make lives better for others. Even in the face of enormous adversity, they refuse to give up. And we refuse to give up on them. Let’s recognize International Women’s Day by saying a simple “thank you” to women like Kizzie Simmons for their hard work for their families and ours. But let’s also take the next step and show our true appreciation by fighting for a higher minimum wage and for the workplace protections they have earned and deserve.

minimun wageis a Women’s Issue

Latifa Lyles is the acting director of the department’s Women’s Bureau and Mary Beth Maxwell is the acting deputy administrator of the depart-ment’s Wage and Hour Division.

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