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For the past 18 years, Blanca Galvez has dedicated her professional life to the treatment of those afflicted with the disease of alcoholism or substance abuse. She developed one of the nation's first bilingual treatment programs in Chicago, and is a founding member of the Inter American Commission on Alcohol Studies. She created the Positive Power seminars designed to meet the special needs of women and minorities. She has served on the boards of directors of the YWCA and the Coalition of Hispanic American Women, and is currently chairperson of the City of Miami Commission on the Status of Women.