Keith talks with Oralia Loza, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at UTEP. Oralia discusses her career path as a math teacher and statistician, and what led her to become interested in social justice and epidemiology. Oralia has studied sex workers on the US/Mexico border and the perils that lead these individuals to become victims of the sex trade. She also studies the high risk for HIV among the transgender community, in particular, transgender women, who are often also at high risk for suicide, depression, and sex work.
Aired Feb. 2, 2014.