Amparo Gonzalez assumed the role of president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) on January 1, 2008, for a one-year term. As president, she provides leadership to AADE, a multi-disciplinary organization of more than 11,000 health professionals dedicated to providing and advocating for quality diabetes self-management training.

Gonzalez is currently affiliated with Emory University School of Medicine as the director of the Georgia Latino Diabetes Program. Since December 2005, she has planned, designed and implemented a diabetes program conducted entirely in Spanish. By partnering with clinics in her area, the program has been administered to more than 500 Latino patients.
The goal of the program is to provide Latinos with up-to-date, high-quality diabetes care by eliminating barriers to understanding and providing information and instruction in patients’ native language. Gonzalez also serves as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Nursing.

In addition to her AADE activities, she has served on the Board of Directors of several different organizations including the Atlanta Diabetes University, Dia de la Mujer Latina, the Hope Clinic in Lawrenceville (GA), the National Hispanic/Latino Diabetes Federation and the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. She is a Leadership Atlanta alumni and has also been active on many different committees of the American Diabetes Association.  

Reflecting her interest in diversity-related issues, Gonzalez served on the organizing committee for the First National Latino Diabetes Forum, which was held in Atlanta in September 2005. The Forum resulted in the establishment of the National Hispanic-Latino Diabetes Federation. She also serves as advisor to different organizations on topics related to healthcare disparity and Latino health issues.
Gonzalez earned her Professional Nurse degree (Bachelor of Science equivalent) from the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. She has been a certified diabetes educator since 1994.