Fernando Pineda-Reyes – Community Engagement Director

Dual degree in Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry from la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

As a native of Mexico and founder of CREA Results Fernando has more than 20 years experience working in public health specially around asset-based community development.

His work has been about mobilizing and integrating the assets of the Latino community to improve the quality of life and health of all people in Colorado, Mexico and Puerto Rico by building a unique community-based outreach model (Promotores de Salud/Community Health Workers) and working in partnerships with agencies, organizations and businesses promote public health, environmental, economic and social well-being.

Fernando has collaborated for 20 years as a member of the Partnership of Academicians and Communities for Translation (PACT) a NIH/CCTSI grant awarded to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Fernando also serves as a “cultural broker” in partnerships with academic researchers, government agencies and public health service and education agencies to address disparities and inequalities in health, education and health care of underserved populations and low socio economic status communities.

His passion, program work and research areas of interest are in the social, economic and political determinants of health status of minority populations; and incorporating evidence based practice in the management of chronic diseases in patient populations.