SALUD Faculty Advisors
Provides faculty mentorship, program guidance, and institutional support for SALUD.
- Leonor Corsino, MD, MHS
- Scarlet Soriano, MD, ABOIM
Program Founder — Alex Villeda, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Fellow,
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Program Medical Student Advisors
Carmella and Natalie previously served as Program Directors and continue to support SALUD through mentorship and program guidance.
- Carmella Verrastro, MS4
- Natalie Sanchez Farez, MS4
Program Directors
The Program Directors lead curriculum planning, student mentorship, and overall program coordination for SALUD.
- Sebastian Perez-Espina, MS3
- Angelina Nasthas, MS3
SALUD–LMSA Mentorship Coordinator
In this role, Lisbel supports SALUD’s mentorship programming and serves as a liaison between SALUD and the Duke Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).
- Lisbel Guzman, MS1
Undergraduate Student Leaders
- Jaqueline Villanueva Govea ’26
- Hanna Regassa ’26
- Richard Zhou ’27
- Sofia Gonzalez ’27
- Alondra Solis-Barrales ’28
- Rian Sharp ’28
Previous Team Members
Program Coordinators (2019-2020): Nikki Diaz, Tim Ochoa, Ariana Paniagua, Ana Gomez, Camilo Toro
Undergraduate Mentors (2019-2020): Alex Diaz, Kim Ward, Devi Lakhlani, Fernanda Corona Rizo, James Jackson IV, Erin Lee
Dr. Brigit Carter: Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Duke School of Nursing
Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda: Dorothy L. Powell Term Chair of Nursing, Duke School of Nursing
Dr. Miriam Feliu: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Leonor Corsino: Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Kenyon Railey: Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine
Girija Mahajan: Program Director, Duke College Advising Corps
Rafay Malik: College Adviser, Duke College Advising Corps
Dr. Gabriela Nagy: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Duke University School of Nursing












