About the Editor: Namratha R. Kandula, MD, MPH—Cross-Cultural Understanding and Prevention Strategies for Immigrant Populations

By the age of four, Namratha R. Kandula had lived in as many countries. “England, India, Canada, the U.S.,” she says. But her family settled in Bethlehem, a small town in Pennsylvania. “We were one of the first Indian families to move there,” Kandula says. “My parents were both physicians and they helped establish the first Hindu temple in that area. Many other families moved in after we did. I remember parties when I was young, where the adults talked upstairs as the kids played in the basement. It was a very tight-knit community.”