YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) quarterly conference recognized students who won several bilateral competitions and received awards for 30 years of bilateral collaboration from both sides of the border. it was done.

The RCBH-sponsored Bilateral Health and Environmental Council of Yuma County, Arizona and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora (COBINAS) announced that they celebrated holding their first quarterly meeting of 2024.

The ceremony was led by RCBH CEO Amanda Aguirre and COBINAS co-presidents and representatives.

We also delivered plaques to students who won the Bilateral Clean Air Calendar 2024 Annual Edition and the 1st Special Education Edition Calendar.

RCBH said the council honored two student teams who won the first bilateral awareness video contest.

The contest included preparatory committees from San Luis Rio Colorado and El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora, as well as high schools from Yuma County, Arizona.

According to RCBH, the University of San Luis Rio Colorado announced that students from the National School of Higher Education, Perla Llanes Siqueiros Parada, Valeria Olmos Mitchell, and Edwin Gerardo Miranda Miranda, were the winners.

Cibola High School student Cesar Uliver won first place in Yuma County, Arizona.

RCBH said its members were recognized for 30 years of bilateral cooperation in implementing programs to detect, reduce and prevent tuberculosis in the Arizona-Sonora border region.

Awarded members include Dr. Alfredo Sanchez of the San Luis Rio Colorado Health District, Sandra Salazar, Master of Nursing, and Maria Concepcion Soria, RN, former ISSSTE Clinic of San Luis Rio Colorado They include Dr. Francisco Amaya, director, and Dr. Francisco Amaya of the Yuma County Health Services District. Benito Lopez.

Below is the 2024 Bilateral Clean Air Calendar awarded by students.

• Cover: Alice Castillo, Desert Sonora Elementary School, Somerton, Arizona.
• January: Regina Tonatzin Avila Castro, Escuela Secundaria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla #22, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• February: Manuel Valenzuela Barrios, Desert Sonora Elementary School, Somerton, Arizona.
• March: Kenya Morales Ortiz, Colegio Anglo Frontera, AC, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• April: Stacey Arellano Garcia, Harvest Preparatory Academy in San Luis, Arizona.
• May: Aylin Stéphanie Beltrán Moreno, Escuela Primaria Topaue, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• June: Leah Molina, Desert Sonora Elementary School, Somerton, Arizona.
• July: Zurizaday Briones Solis, Escuela Primaria Luis Moreno Bustamante, El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora.
• August: Brandon Ochoa Navarrete, Harvest Prep Academy, San Luis, Arizona
• September: Miranda Frausto, Instituto Kino Primaria, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora
• October: Camila Cervantes, Pastor Ed Elementary School, San Luis, Arizona.
• November: Juliana Angelique Belen Sánchez, Instituto Kino Primaria, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• December: Francisco Muñoz Ortega, Harvest Preparatory Academy in San Luis, Arizona.
• This year, the calendar will be dedicated by Perla Huez, 9, Miss Teen Achieve National Princess, Miss Arizona Princess Teen Achieve, and Arizona Champion in U.S. Open Karate and Ancient Martial Arts.

The certified 2024 Bilateral Clean Air Special Education Calendar is:

• Cover: Sebastian Olvera de Anda, 17, from Gila Ridge High School, Yuma, Arizona.
• January: Uriel Jaramillo, 7, Cesar Chavez Elementary School, San Luis, Arizona.
• February: Luis Alberto Alcaraz Ruiz, 12 years old, Centro de Atención Multiple #100, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• March: Italia Samayoa Jax, 10 years old, RCBH/Special Needs and Autism Center, San Luis, Arizona.
• April: Carter Gettings, 13, Yuma, Arizona, Castle Dome Middle School.
• May: Ulises Jaramillo, 12, Southwest Middle School in San Luis, Arizona.
• June: Yeicop Gil López, 10 years old, RCBH/Special Needs and Autism Center, San Luis, Arizona.
• July: Santiago Corona Nathan, 13, Yuma, Arizona, from Castle Dome Middle School.
• August: Santiago Vasquez, 13, RCBH/Special Needs and Autism Center, San Luis, Arizona.
• September: Samantha Medrano, 11, RCBH/Special Needs and Autism Center, San Luis, Arizona.
• October: Sebastian Olvera de Anda, 17, Yuma, Arizona, from Gila Ridge High School.
• November: Ashley Yareli Renteria Quintero, 15, Centro de Atención Multiple #100, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
• December: Sebastian Olvera de Anda, 17, Yuma, Arizona, Gila Ridge High School.
• The 1st Binational Clean Air Special Education Calendar was dedicated by Juvencio Rincon of Special Olympics Arizona, Yuma County, Arizona.

RBCH also said that the main speaker at the COBINAS conference will be Dr. Natalia Navarro Lagunas, Director of Neurodevelopmental Support at the Sonora Ministry of Health.

According to RCBH, Dr. Navarro Lagunas announced that 11 clinics implementing this model will be set up in 11 Sonorum cities, including San Luis Rio Colorado.