Originally from Chicago, Illinois, and inspired by her family’s value of community partnership, Renata Wettermann Capo interest in healthcare was sparked while working on nutrition and health education programs at a community resource center for Latinx Immigrants. Trips to Les Cayes, Haiti, gave Renata a deeper global understanding of the challenges and strengths of healthcare systems in low-resource settings.

She studied Health Science and Global Health Technologies at Rice University, where she worked on child health advocacy in Houston and contributed to engineering low-cost CPAP components for hospitals in Central Africa. She earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, along with a Diploma in Tropical Medicine. During residency, Renata focused her clinical work on immigrant health and HIV care in Houston while broadening her experience with short-term rotations in Navajo Nation, in a shelter for asylum seekers in San Diego, and with the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Initiative in Malawi.

Renata is joining the Global HEAL Program to deepen her ability to work alongside communities with limited resources and complex healthcare needs. She brings a strong interest in clinical education, collaborative service delivery, and contributing to long-term healthcare solutions.