Ysabel Duron is an award-winning Latina journalist (Ret), a 22-year cancer survivor, and a national voice in Latino/Hispanic cancer education, advocacy and community engagement. Ms. Duron is the Founder/Executive Director of The Latino Cancer Institute, launched in 2017 to amplify Latino voices nationally and demand action from all stakeholders to eliminate the Latino cancer burden.
Ms. Duron’s first two agencies developed programs for low income, Spanish speaking and immigrant communities – addressing gaps along the continuum to include cancer awareness education, navigation into screening, psychosocial support groups.