Eduardo Burgos Quezada

Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow

Eduardo Burgos Quezada joined NSC in January 2023 as a Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow. In this role, he will identify gaps in behavioral health services, examine evidence-based intervention models, and develop best practice recommendations to better serve Latinx immigrant youth in Philadelphia. An important project goal includes elevating community forms of care to reimagine what behavioral health services can look like for immigrant youth.

Eduardo brings to this role both personal experience as a young Mexican immigrant, as well as academic experience as a participatory researcher focused on migrant health. As a Lang Opportunity Scholar and a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow at Swarthmore College, Eduardo designed and implemented a summer applied research study and a migrant community healing program to document the migration, employment, and health experiences of migrant workers in his hometown in Wyoming and the impact of these factors on their health outcomes. As part of this study, he conducted participant observation while weeding fields with migrant workers, serving as an outreach worker at a migrant clinic, and participating in arts-based wellness sessions. In addition, Eduardo worked as a COVID-19 contact tracer for Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, further developing his skills in outreach, communications, and trust-building.

Eduardo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Medical Anthropology from Swarthmore College.