I'm a multimedia journalist specializing in health and the environment. I'm a regular contributor to the Ventura County Star and California Health Report. I have worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in California and Oregon, including the Santa Barbara News-Press, Ashland Daily Tidings and Medford Mail Tribune. Via the Associated Press, my work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Sacramento Bee and The Oregonian, among other publications. Please contact me for more information. Follow me on Twitter (@HannahBGuzik) to see my latest stories or check out hannahguzik.com.

Articles

The Latino Shift – Health for a New and Diverse Generation

The arrival of the Mixtec in the U.S. represents the latest demographic shift among the California’s Latino population. Public health officials and policy-makers often see Latinos as a homogenous group, but they’re far from that.

Health challenges faced by Mixtec farmworkers in Ventura County

California supplies most of the nation’s strawberries with more grown in Oxnard than in any other place in the state, according to the USDA. Many of the berries grown in this area are picked by people who face slum living conditions, back-breaking labor, pesticide exposure and limited health care.