Luis Nava Molero

Director of the National Programs
Salud es Vida (Health is Life)
New York, NY

Luis Nava Molero is currently the Director of the National Programs at Salud es Vida (Health is Life).

Prior to this position, he was a community health educator and group facilitator for The Latino Religious Leadership Program at the Latino Commission on AIDS in New York City.   He currently serves as the Chair of the Policy and External Relations Work Group at The HIV Planning Group of New York City.  Before his work with the Latino Commission on AIDS, he was an Outreach Specialist and Group Facilitator at the New York LGBT Center focusing on Immigration Support and Immigration Social Action activities. His work helped connect new immigrants with services and programs to help them establish successful lives in New York City. Luis also worked as a Client Outreach Specialist for Aid for AIDS International in New York where he conducted client home visits and developed a database that helped social workers improve service to clients.

In his native Venezuela, Luis had a career as a professor of Political Science and International Economics at University Simon Bolivar in Caracas.  He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Ball State University.  He was a Fulbright Scholar and he speaks Spanish, Russian, and English.