Mariana Montaño was a site fellow at Compañeros En Salud in Mexico (2018-2020). She is from Mexico City. She attended medical school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She completed her social service year as a primary-care physician in rural Chiapas with Compañeros en Salud (CES). After finishing her social service year, she worked closely with Community Health Workers and has spent her last year working as the Maternal Health Coordinator at CES. Throughout these years, she received additional training in social justice and global health. Mariana is passionate about improving women´s health and empowering them, she is especially interested in obstetric care and ceasing obstetric violence. Her long-term goal is to keep strengthening public health systems in rural areas. She is very excited to join the HEAL family and to hear about other HEAL fellow´s experiences.

Field of work: Administration, Community Health Work, Education, Family Medicine, Research, Program Implementation

Areas of interest: Maternal and Child Health Care, Midwifery, Social Medicine, Social Justice and Women’s Rights.