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Jigisha Kothari, Pine Brook, N.J., is the Indian Community Outreach Coordinator for the Morris County (NJ) at the Morristown Memorial Hospital, a position she has held since 2002. She has developed an extraordinary outreach program to bring life-saving breast health information to the community. She is currently partnering with several South Asian faith-based organizations coordinate educational seminars and health camps. She has effectively networked with the local medical community, gaining their participation. Working with a local hospital, she serves as a patient navigator. Through associations she has developed among local and national media and the creation of culturally sensitive educational materials translated into Gujarati and Hindi, she has helped bring breast health education to South Asian people throughout the United States. For last three years, she has served as a member of the advisory Community Outreach Committee for the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) for the South Asian population. | 