Health literacy is well studied among populations that often experience significant health disparities, including among Spanish-speaking immigrants in the United States. However, the majority of programs aimed at improving health literacy among Spanish-speaking populations focus only on adults. This is an important gap to address, because the way children understand their health and make decisions at a young age can have long-lasting impacts on their health behaviors. HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis, a local children’s health museum, believes just that and is invested in making their museum a more inclusive space for all members of the St. Louis Community. In collaboration with HealthWorks, the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures in the Spanish B.A. program at Saint Louis University, and LifeWise St. Louis, I created an inclusive learning experience at the museum that aimed to positively impact the health literacy of Spanish-speaking children in the St. Louis area. Local Latinx families were invited to HealthWorks to try out the new bilingual programming and to speak with community health partners about available resources. In addition to surveying children and families about what they learned or how they benefitted from the programming, we will continue to build the community partnerships we initiated and will adapt the museum programming as necessary. Ultimately, we ensured that the connections we formed between HealthWorks, local health resource providers, Saint Louis University, and the St. Louis Latinx community continue to remain strong.

Emma is incredibly grateful for Dr. Anderson's unwavering support of her project and for her care for Emma's well-being as a whole person. Emma could not have done this without her, and feels that she is a better person and scholar because of their collaboration.