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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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How to Turn a Latino Food Desert into a Healthy Food Oasis
Healthy food activists Erick Kornacki and Joseph Teipel have a phrase to call the 81% Latino neighborhood of Westwood in…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Texas Border City Turns Bus Stop into Fun Play Place
Sit and wait. That’s what most people do at bus stops. Robert de León Robert de León, a business management analyst with…
Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Teacher Plants a SEED to Help Latinos Learn English, Engage in Schools
Growing up in Texas, Cameron Allen knew he wanted to be a teacher. How could Allen be the best teacher possible in Texas…
Education, Healthy Families & Schools
Mom’s Homecoming Mums Raise Awareness for Youth Mental Health
Everything is bigger in Texas. Especially “mums”—those big, flashy, expensive corsages of colorful streamers, bells, and…
Education, Mental Health
Artist’s Fake Ads Save Historic Streetcars in Border City
The streetcar is back along the Texas-Mexico border, thanks to a Latino man’s brilliant “fake” ad campaign. Peter Svarzb…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Rocio Muñoz Embeds School Health Navigators for Latino Parents
Latinos face many barriers to health care, including language differences; complex and confusing documents and processes…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food
Health Worker Alma Galvez Helps Families ‘Rethink’ Their Sugary Drink
Alma Galvez was sick of seeing a growing number of overweight Latino child patients at her clinic in Minneapolis, Minn….
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
Free Training Helps Early Childcare Providers Grow Healthy Kids
Dr. Kathy Fletcher knows the first three years of a child’s life are critical for preparing kids to grow and mature into…
Education, Healthy Families & Schools
Health Workers Start Mega Baby Showers for Moms in Need
Kori Eberle calls early and steady prenatal care the “best gift a baby can receive” for healthy early childhood developm…
Healthy Families & Schools, Maternal & Child Health
Tech Guru Brings Healthcare to Latinos in Houston
Peter Kim is a sort of accidental convert to the world of telehealth. Kim was about to start his labor-intensive medical…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools