Health: Joshua Garcia-Barrios (School of Public Health Sciences)

Joshua visited Guatemala as part of his master’s thesis project to investigate water security and health in rural communities. Joshua partnered with Pastoral de La Tierra, Mennonite Central Committee, and the University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences to conduct field work.He performed semi-structured interviews and focus groups with small-scale farming households and relevant stakeholders. With this project, Joshua made important contributions to the efforts of local organizations and small-holder farmers and their research priorities.