What does 120/80 mean anyway? Did you know it is the measurement of the pressure or force inside the blood vessels (arteries) with each beat of the heart? In this workshop we will practice taking blood pressures using a mannequin training arm and will be looking at factors that cause a blood pressure to elevate and the risks that are associated with hypertension.
 
Leader – Carol Larson

Francesca Hopkins was born and raised in Sonoma County. She attended Rohnert Park public schools, including Rancho Cotate High School. She continued her studies at the University of California Berkeley, graduating in 2005 with the Departmental Citation in Environmental Sciences. After a summer spent conducting research in the Amazon forest of eastern Ecuador, Francesca began working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on Carbon Cycling and Climate Change research. She plans to attend graduate school beginning fall of 2007.