Who We Are

Russell Garcia - Russell, 25, is a senior at CU Denver majoring in biology and chemistry. He is an active member of CoPIRG on campus. Russell just got engaged but he and his fiancé are holding off on the wedding until they are more financially secure. He drops off his parents' health care this December and he anticipates he won’t be covered until he gets into graduate school. He is nervous about the school's insurance because of the "horror stories" he has heard but he will probably take it anyway. russell@copirgstudents.org

Katie Tate - Katie, 21, is a junior at CU Denver studying communications and is also involved with CoPIRG there. She loves hanging out with friends, running and hiking. She is also a nanny. She was injured working part time at a plant nursery. For care, she had to use the workmen's compensation program which was "a total nightmare." Upon graduation, she hopes to get a job with decent health insurance but she is skeptical given the struggles her recently graduated friends have. One day she will run her own business and will make good choices for health coverage on its behalf. katie@copirgstudents.org

Heather Maurer - Heather is a 2008 graduate from the University of Denver. She is the program fellow and state coordinator for CoPIRG. Currently on behalf of CoPIRG she is running a campaign to bring better transportation to the state, but is spending some time with Katie and Russell to help the Colorado Health Care Alert campaign succeed. She lives in her native town of Denver. As a victim of the profit motives of the health care industry, she became passionate at an early age about the need to provide every citizen with adequate health care. heather@copirg.org 

Project Support:

This project is supported by a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation.