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Rosa Herrera: Get the Vaccine for Your Family!
Rosa Herrera knows how difficult the battle with COVID-19 can be. Two of her daughters were really sick with COVID-19 in October 2020 and were hospitalized during their infections. Herrera herself got sick, too, but had a mild case. “It was really scary. I couldn’t see them and since both of them were hospitalized at ...
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Wendy Mateo-Pascual: Advocating for Latino Civic Engagement in her Community
Wendy Mateo-Pascual is passionate about helping Latino immigrants. She understands how difficult it is to move to a new…
Increasing Civic Engagement
Jennifer Rangel: Creating Bilingual Cartoons to Teach Zoning 101
“Ever wondered why your neighborhood looks how it does?” Jennifer Rangel once asked herself this question. To find an an…
Air Quality, Chemical & Toxic Exposure, Green & Active Spaces, Housing, Transportation & Mobility
Christina Duarte: Creating Virtual Health Classes to Fight the Pandemic in Laredo, Texas
Since childhood, Christina Duarte has wanted to help people. Helping people is why she became chief of health education…
Healthcare Access
9 Amazing Latino Contributions to Urban Space, Presented by James Rojas
Since James Rojas was child, he has been fascinated with urban spaces like streets, sidewalks, plazas, storefronts, yard…
Green & Active Spaces, Transportation & Mobility
Héctor Rodríguez: Bringing Latino Representation to the Comic Book World
To his students, he’s Mr. Rodríguez. To his fans, he’s the creator and author of the comic book and graphic novel series…
Embracing Immigrants, Overcoming Harmful Biases
Jennifer Morris Brings Hispanic Heritage Month to her English Language Learners
You probably haven’t heard of Jennifer Morris. She’s an English Language Learner teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementa…
Embracing Immigrants
Denise Hernández: Finding Herself by Unlearning Implicit Bias and Embracing Her Chicana Heritage
Denise Hernández is a proud Chicana and a 5th generation San Antonian. She is the founder of Maestranza, an organization…
Overcoming Harmful Biases
Ángela García: Helping Her Community Through Art and a Free Fridge
Ángela García wasn’t planning on becoming an artist. She entered college in the pre-med track, intending to go into a me…
Healthy Food, Understanding & Reducing Poverty
Jordana Barton: Helping Close the Digital Divide Amid COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is surging across the U.S., and the American death toll has eclipsed 130,000. Worse,…
Education
Need Help? Erine Gray’s FindHelp.org Can Connect You to Local Social Services amid Coronavirus
When he was 16, Erine Gray’s mother caught the rare brain disease encephalitis, causing permanent damage and memory loss…
Healthcare Access