Margarita, Health Promoter

My name is Margarita, born in Esmeraldas. When I was a Hugo Noboa child my parents moved from the town where we lived, initially to Quito and then to the parish of La Esperanza in the Pedro Moncayo canton. That's where I grew up, fell in love, and married the man who today is my husband, Fernando.

This story is excerpted from the 2021 Edition of "Let's make history by telling our stories," a brochure with several stories resulting from an invitation issued by the Pan American Health Organization, the Florida International University Global Health Consortium, and ReAct Latin America to communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, asking people to tell their stories related to infection prevention, use of antimicrobials, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The purpose of this invitation was to hear what was happening at the community level with respect to AMR and learn about the ingenious initiatives implemented to address problems in connection with the One Health concept and human solidarity.