Angela G. Reyes

Angela G. Reyes, MPH, is founder and executive director of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, a nonprofit community-based organization she started in 1997. Ms. Reyes is a founding board member of the Detroit Community – Academic Urban Research Center, which involves multiple funded research and intervention projects aimed at increasing knowledge and addressing factors associated with health disparities for residents in Detroit. Ms. Reyes is actively involved in community based participatory research (CBPR) projects for policy change. Her organization focuses on youth and their families, prison release programs, gang intervention, youth development, adult education classes, HIV prevention, substance abuse, and family counseling.