How are rivers and health linked in California's Central Valley? Ezra Romero paddles down the San Joaquin River in Fresno to discuss public access to a natural resource in a city that ranks last in the nation for access to parks and has some of the worst health disparities in the state.
Rufino Dominguez is director of Frente Indigena Oaxaqueno Binacional (FIOB), or the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations, a community-based, nonprofit coalition of indigenous organizations, communities and individuals in Oaxaca, Baja California and California in the United States. The coalition's members include several pockets of Oaxacans in Fresno and Madera counties. Founded in 1991 in Los Angeles, the organization supports indigenous communities with development and educational programs.
Marilyn Mochel is clinical director of Healthy House of Merced, Calif. Healthy House, a community non-profit, provides services and training programs aimed at solving problems related to language and cultural difficulties in a health care and social services setting. Ms. Mochel co-founded a multicultural health care coalition that eventually evolved into Health House. That coalition was called MATCH, an acronym for Multidisciplinary Approach to Cross-cultural Health. A registered nurse, Ms.
