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Avila Interviewed on WCAX-TV for Receiving Local Hero Change Maker Award

September 29, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur

Mercedes Avila, Ph.D., program co-director of Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed live on the WCAX-TV Channel 3 morning news in regards to her receipt of the Child Mind Institute Local Hero Change Maker Award in New York City on May 10.

UVM Associate Professor of Pediatrics Maria Mercedes Avila, M.Ed., Ph.D. at the Child Mind Institute's Change Maker Awards in New York City May 10, 2016. (Courtesy photo)

(MAY 16, 2016) Mercedes Avila, Ph.D., program co-director of Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed live on the WCAX-TV Channel 3 morning news in regards to her receipt of the Child Mind Institute Local Hero Change Maker Award in New York City on May 10.

Watch the interview on WCAX-TV


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Avila Interviewed on WCAX-TV for Receiving Local Hero Change Maker Award

September 29, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur

Mercedes Avila, Ph.D., program co-director of Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed live on the WCAX-TV Channel 3 morning news in regards to her receipt of the Child Mind Institute Local Hero Change Maker Award in New York City on May 10.

UVM Associate Professor of Pediatrics Maria Mercedes Avila, M.Ed., Ph.D. at the Child Mind Institute's Change Maker Awards in New York City May 10, 2016. (Courtesy photo)

(MAY 16, 2016) Mercedes Avila, Ph.D., program co-director of Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed live on the WCAX-TV Channel 3 morning news in regards to her receipt of the Child Mind Institute Local Hero Change Maker Award in New York City on May 10.

Watch the interview on WCAX-TV


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