{"id":1289,"date":"2026-10-01T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/?post_type=session&#038;p=1289"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:59:51","slug":"learning-beyond-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"session","link":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/session\/learning-beyond-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Beyond the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public health education is most impactful when students are actively engaged with the communities they serve. This presentation highlights several semesters of innovative teaching practices implemented within a public health project management course, where students developed and led community outreach initiatives aimed at addressing health disparities. Attendees will learn how service-learning pedagogy can strengthen educational outcomes, build sustainable community partnerships, and provide students with valuable real-world experience. The session also examines the benefits and challenges of integrating collaborative community projects into academic coursework and demonstrates how higher education can contribute directly to local public health improvement efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">Speakers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-b861f4ab wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1101 speaker type-speaker status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry event-learning-beyond-the-classroom speaker_type-all-speakers\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-element-6096a148\" href=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/speaker\/dr-krystal-flores-chavez\/\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-88832949 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8dce8eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"364\" data-media-id=\"1102\" class=\"gb-media-502a616e\" alt=\"Dr. Krystal Flores-Chavez, DrPH, MPH, Instructional Associate Professor, Texas A&amp;M University - School of Public Health\" src=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Flores-Chavez_Krystal_Headshot.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Flores-Chavez_Krystal_Headshot.jpeg 306w, https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/09\/Flores-Chavez_Krystal_Headshot-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8dce8eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"gb-text gb-text-cdd2a52b\">Dr. Krystal Flores-Chavez, DrPH, MPH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-25eccd16\">View speaker profile <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-right\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-right \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M438.6 278.6c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3l-160-160c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3L338.8 224 32 224c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32l306.7 0L233.4 393.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0l160-160z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"sessions","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"block":[91],"event-tag":[98,111,121],"session-type":[123],"class_list":["post-1289","session","type-session","status-publish","hentry","block-block-4","event-tag-cross-sector-partnerships","event-tag-nutrition-security","event-tag-resource-navigation","session-type-lightning-talk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/session"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"block","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/block?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tag?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"session-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxvoces.org\/summit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session-type?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}