The Lifting Up Communities by Intervening with Research (LUCIR, which means "to shine", and "to show" in Spanish) study was designed to engage high school aged students in the CHAMACOS Youth Council in environmental health research, characterizing what chemicals are in popular household cleaning products in a lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and estimating exposures to chemicals that women may be inhaling while doing their normal cleaning work using a special air pump backpack. We then replaced these products with "green" products, and noted significant reductions in several carcinogens, chemicals that may increase your risk of cancer. Youth Council members are currently leading community education activities.

I was an outreach coordinator disseminating this environmental health research to predominately underserved communities as well as nationwide news centers.