. >> reporter: fifty-one year old alma ayala is not a doctor or a nurse, but she is on the front linesthe diabetes epidemic in her community. she's a peer educator for a program called project dulce which works with people who have diabetes or are at risk of developing the chronic illness. her classes are part informational, part support group. ayala says the goal of the program-- which has been held up as a national model-- is for people to feel empowered about changing their health. that's something she didn't feel 30 years ago when she was first diagnosed with the disease. >> i was devastated. i didn't want to hear the word diabetes. i felt that my life was done. that i was signing a certificate of death. >> reporter: here in san diego county, nearly half the adult population has pre-diabetes and about 8% have diabetes. it's a disease that affects all socioeconomic groups and races, but the latino community has been disproportionately impacted. and that's the population project dulce has been targeting for the past 20 years. >> there are lots of barriers for the latino community: la

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ramÓn luÍs ayala. es la oportunidad para los hombres.o porque es una mujer que estÁ peleando. >> sÍ,la canciÓn habla de la mujer, de lo hermosa que es, de lo inteligente. ahÍ vienen unos tragos y le faltan al respeto y es como para que el hombre la defienda pero ella dice no espÉrate y los peones catorrazo, francisca: estÁ bien gráfico allÍ y es el mensaje pero que viven muchas mujeres que se tienen que enfrentar a la vida sola. la mujer no es dÉbil como se piensa. cuentenle a la gente en dÓnde van a estar para que los puedan acompaÑar? >> maÑana salimos por hermosillo luego estaremos por el sur de mÉxico y luego regresamos para los estados unidos para missouri. pero esten pendientes en las redes sociales porque ahÍ publicaremos muy bien en@la sÉptima banda para todos. francisca: a la gente le encanta eso. muchas gracias por estar aquÍ. que no se diga mÁs porque la sÉptima banda nos canta "se defiende". >> la sÉptima banda: ♪ se defiende ♪ ♪ no me quiero de muy presumido ♪ ♪pero me trae loco con su estilo ♪ ♪ me encontrÉ la fÓrmula perfe