Mr. Ramirez moved to San Francisco in 2004, where he worked as a clinic-based health educator. He moved to Minnesota in 2012 with his family. Francisco was hired in 2013 as Fairview Health Service’s first community health worker. Since then, he has educated thousands of Minnesotans on chronic disease prevention in person, over several radio stations and on the local Univision TV channel. Mr. Ramirez believes that partnership is key to health improvement and works to build relationships and trust with underserved communities.