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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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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
Neighborhood Association Pushes City for More Walkable Streetscape
Nicolas Rivard and Allison Hu, urban designers in San Antonio and members of Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association, le…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Harvesting the Neighborhood for Fresh Fruit
Two architecture and urban planning graduate students from the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) recognized good fr…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
San Antonio Clinic Brings Healthcare to the Underserved
The east side neighborhood of San Antonio (63.2% Latino) struggles with socioeconomic hardships, health disparities, and…
Healthcare Access, Healthy Families & Schools, Mental Health
Branding School Lunch Menus to Make Choosing Veggies Fun
Penny Parham is helping students in Miami-Dade County (65% Latino) make healthier food choices more easily thanks to hig…
Healthy Families & Schools, Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Good Food Is What The Doctor Prescribed
You may have heard the saying: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but what if your doctor actually prescribed fruit…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
All Good Produce Deserves a Home
Fresh produce can be a rare commodity in Nogales, Ariz. (95% Latino), where 17% of children are food insecure. Yolanda S…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities