Dr. Susan Cardenas - Health Education Professional

Dr. Susan Cardenas is an experienced health education professional who has served as a public health educator and   in a number of public health programs and in higher education.  Dr. Cardenas has been involved in higher education for much of her career, predominantly in service at the New Mexico State University campus. 

Dr. Susan Cardenas started out with her involvement at New Mexico State University in the early 1980s. She started her undergraduate studies there, which led a Bachelor of Community Health degree that was achieved in May of 1990.  Dr. Cardenas began working for La Clinica De Familia, Inc shortly after her 1990 graduation.  This real world experience as a public health educator was an important foundation for her academic career trajectory.  After her work at La Clinica, she joined the New Mexico Department of Health and then began her pursuit of a graduate-level education.

 In December 2005, she received a Master of Science degree in Health Science and Management.  In August of 2006, Dr. Susan Cardenas earned her Doctoral degree in Educational Administration from the NMSU.  

Dr. Susan Cardenas  teaches several online graduate courses; these include Orientation to Public Health, Infectious and Noninfectious Disease Prevention and Theoretically-based Interventions