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Enrique Chiabra
Fellowships Received
Enrique Chiabra is a news anchor at Telemundo 52 Los Angeles who also works as a reporter on special assignments. Chiabra covers a variety of topics but is particularly passionate about stories that involve immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community. He has won 11 LA Emmy Awards as well as a Ruben Salazar Award in 2021 and a GLAAD Award in 2016. His California Health Equity Fellowship project will report on how the incurable lung disease silicosis is affecting more Latino immigrant workers in California.
Fancy countertops in kitchens and restrooms are causing Latino immigrant workers in California to develop silicosis, an incurable lung disease that can be fatal.