Dr. Sera was born in Olguin, Cuba.

He has lived in Indiana since 1971.

Dr. Sera, a pediatrician, is retired and provides Spanish and culture instruction to health providers in Bloomington.

Exile and immigration

"…the exiled and the immigrant is always under the humiliation of having had to leave their country, and to come to another different culture from which you do not know if you are going to like or not. Luckily for me my favorite people were Jose Martí and Abraham Lincoln. "

Why are you interested in teaching cultural sensitivity when treating the Latino patients to other people who work in the health sector?

"…Knowing that 95% of the battle is gained if the patient respects you, you must try to acquire, to gain that respect…not a respect like giving fear but respect to you as a human being. In other words cultural respect…"