John P. Elder, Ph.D., MPH, is Professor and Head of the Division of Health Promotion at San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California-San Diego. He currently serves as Principal Investigator Secretos De La Buena Vida, TAAG, FUERTE, and co-investigator for Sun Safety Intervention for Postal Workers. . He has an extensive background in tobacco research is fluent in Spanish, and has emphasized health promotion service and research with the Spanish-speaking populations of San Diego and Mexico communities throughout his appointment at San Diego Sate University. He has over 200 publications in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, and behavioral epidemiology .jelder@mail.sdsu.edu