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1	1	H.C.R. No. 145
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4	4	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, Christina Esperat has been honored by the YWCA of
6	6	Lubbock with a Women of Excellence Award for her remarkable
7	7	achievements in the field of medicine, and her selection for this
8	8	tribute is most fitting; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The Women of Excellence Award was created in 1989 to
10	10	emphasize the vital roles that women play in both the civic and
11	11	professional worlds, honoring women for their achievements and for
12	12	their contributions to the community as leaders and volunteers; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Vision, innovation, and partnership building are
14	14	personal attributes that Dr. Christina Esperat has used to help
15	15	transform education for Texas Tech University nursing students and
16	16	bring quality health care to all segments of the population; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Born in the Philippines, Dr. Esperat earned
18	18	bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at Silliman University,
19	19	where she served as assistant professor before moving to the United
20	20	States in 1973; she completed her Ph.D. at The University of Texas
21	21	in 1990; and
22	22	WHEREAS, Since 2001, Dr. Esperat has been a professor and
23	23	associate dean for research and practice for the Texas Tech
24	24	University Health Sciences Center Anita Thigpen Perry School of
25	25	Nursing, where she has established partnerships with other
26	26	educational disciplines, entities, and businesses to create a more
27	27	successful and productive model of learning and serving; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Dr. Esperat was instrumental in earning a Federally
29	29	Qualified Health Center Look-Alike designation for the Larry
30	30	Combest Community Health and Wellness Center (LCCHWC); based in
31	31	East Lubbock and operated by the School of Nursing, the LCCHWC
32	32	delivers primary care through nurse practitioners to an
33	33	economically depressed community that is more than 60 percent
34	34	minority; recognizing specific needs in the population, Dr. Esperat
35	35	also organized the Diabetes Education Center and Senior House Calls
36	36	programs that operate out of the center; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Area residents have benefited greatly from Dr.
38	38	Esperat's commitment to bringing affordable and accessible medical
39	39	services to Lubbock; she has secured more than $10 million for the
40	40	LCCHWC and for grants to fund research by the School of Nursing on
41	41	childhood obesity and to implement two community-based projects:
42	42	the Patient Navigator Program, designed to deliver preventive
43	43	health education through community health workers, and the Nurse
44	44	Family Partnership for underserved women who are pregnant for the
45	45	first time; and
46	46	WHEREAS, A staunch advocate for improved health care access,
47	47	Dr. Esperat helped to create the East Lubbock Coalition for
48	48	Community Health Improvement, a partnership between Copper
49	49	Rawlings Community and Senior Center, Harwell Elementary School,
50	50	and the LCCHWC; and
51	51	WHEREAS, This notable Texan has also shared her talent and
52	52	organizational skill to better her profession and support health
53	53	care initiatives; in addition to her work as chair of the board of
54	54	directors for the National Nursing Centers Consortium, she has been
55	55	a member of advisory boards for the South Plains March of Dimes, the
56	56	Triangle AIDS Network in Beaumont, the Center for Rural Health
57	57	Initiatives in Austin, and the Coastal Area Health Education Center
58	58	in La Marque; and
59	59	WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Women of Excellence Award,
60	60	Christina Esperat joins an elite group of women who have been
61	61	honored by the YWCA of Lubbock; distinguished by her intelligence,
62	62	determination, and talent, she is indeed a worthy role model for
63	63	this and future generations; now, therefore, be it
64	64	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
65	65	hereby congratulate Christina Esperat on receiving a 2009 Women of
66	66	Excellence Award from the YWCA of Lubbock and extend to her sincere
67	67	best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
68	68	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
69	69	prepared for Dr. Esperat as an expression of high regard by the
70	70	Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
71	71	Isett
72	72	______________________________ ______________________________
73	73	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
74	74	I certify that H.C.R. No. 145 was adopted by the House on
75	75	April 9, 2009, by a non-record vote.
76	76	______________________________
77	77	Chief Clerk of the House
78	78	I certify that H.C.R. No. 145 was adopted by the Senate on May
79	79	18, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
80	80	______________________________
81	81	Secretary of the Senate
82	82	APPROVED: __________________
83	83	Date
84	84	__________________
85	85	Governor