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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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MEDA Creates 100% Affordable Housing for San Francisco Residents
What happens when Latinos get “priced out” of the homes they’ve lived in for decades? Luis Granados People like Luis Gra…
Housing
Promotoras Create Healthy Change One Resident at a Time
Obesity, cancer, and health disparities were increasing in the northern Colorado city of Fort Collins (11.43% Latino). I…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools
Apple Orchard Brings Fresh Fruit to Colorado Cafeterias, Farmer’s Markets
Montezuma County (12.2 % Latino) was once well known for its blooming apple orchards. Back in 1904, three Gold Medals we…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Water Promoter Helps Parents Avoid Sugary Drinks
Gaby Medina, a mom and health educator in the neighborhood of Westwood, in Denver, Colo. (79.36%), didn’t have a lot of…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Water
University Workers Drive Policy to Support Breastfeeding on Campus
Alena Clark and Yvette Lucero-Nguyen worried that their University of Northern Colorado campus wasn’t breastfeeding-frie…
Healthy Families & Schools, Maternal & Child Health
Agency’s Legal Aids Brings Hope, Stress Relief for Florida Latinos
Many Latino immigrants arrive in Broward County, Fla. (27% Latino) with no community ties, no possessions, no (or little…
Embracing Immigrants, Healthcare Access, Healthy & Cohesive Cultures, Healthy Families & Schools, Mental Health
Nonprofit Offers Bilingual Counseling to Help Latinos Enroll in Healthcare
Health issues disproportionately plague the immigrant community in Broward County, Fla. (27% Latino), as they often lack…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Mental Health
Growing Healthier Schools
UrbiCulture Community Farms are making school lunches look a little more like a garden with their new school garden prog…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Teacher Helps Get Water Safety Classes for Students with Special Needs
Linda Joseph, a special needs teacher in Florida, with some of the highest drowning rates in the country, wanted to make…
Education, Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Families & Schools
Drowning Prevention Advocates Teach Water Safety to Kids Under 5
In the past 15 years, the drowning rate of school-age children in Broward County, Fla., has plummeted thanks in part to…
Green & Active Spaces