People + Culture
La boricua que se convirtió en la doctora de la nación
Antonia Novello, born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, became the first woman and first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General in 1990, turning a personal health-access story into national public-health leadership.
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- National Library of Medicine identifies Antonia Novello as the first woman and first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General.
- NLM states she was born Antonia Coello in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and earned her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico.
- NLM and NLM Circulating Now support her NIH/public-health career and focus on young people, women, minorities, AIDS, immunization, and injury prevention.