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Enter Santa Ocasio, 56, a Dominican immigrant who is fighting a protracted battle with Type 2 diabetes. In a pilot program that is the leading edge of a broad curriculum overhaul at Harvard Medical School, Brickell has been paired with Ocasio for nearly five months. She sees her as a patient every week at the Spanish Clinic of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and tags along on visits to her specialists. In fact, the goal is for Brickell to be there every time Ocasio encounters the health-care system. It's not just a way to learn about...
...Guillermo Herrera, who has been running Brigham and Women's Spanish Clinic since he founded it in 1971, better patient-doctor communication is exactly what his growing Hispanic patient population needs. The close relationship between Ocasio and Brickell has helped Ocasio navigate her way to a more honest dialogue with doctors--and eventually to better health. Ocasio had resisted treating her diabetes for a dangerously long time, for example, and even after she started going to the clinic, she refused to take her medication. Only after spending a few weeks with Brickell did Ocasio open up enough to say that...
...Leverett House, Jeremy L. England, Hannah L. Fleener, Kyna G. Fong, Justin A. Haynes, Beatrice E. Kitzinger, Micah T. Lewin, Betty C. Luther, Joseph D. Rabinoff, Elias R. Sacks, Kimberly M. Sanchez Ocasio and David L. Wollenberg...
...lover, Rona Figueroa enjoys more success. Her voice is clear and her line-readings are appropriate for the character. Nevertheless, Figueroa’s performance is so full of wide-eyed innocence, especially late in the play, that Kim appears less sympathetic than foolish. Skie Ocasio, as Thuy, the husband Kim’s parents arranged for her prior to their deaths, offers a performance unrivaled among the supporting cast. Ocasio shines with a powerful presence and robust singing voice. Though he must appear in a painfully bad second act flashback, he handles even that sequence with skill...
...Ocasio was the project manager and architect in charge of the renovation...