This article was produced as part of a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 National Fellowship, which provided training, mentoring, and funding to support this project.
Other work by Sara Satullo includes:
2 new projects slated to bring 95 new apartments to Bethlehem’s
Immigrant and Migrant Health
A Mexican woman details the physical and mental abuse she suffered at the hands of two husbands.
Thousands of Indigenous migrants toil on California farms, cut off from health care by language and cultural barriers.
Nonprofits were less helpful than expected, but Florida school districts helped a journalist find families.
Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.
Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.
Mexicana relata abuso físico y mental en dos matrimonios.
In Long Beach, health officials say they’ve made progress in getting new people vaccinated in recent weeks, with a nearly 50% increase in daily doses administered.
The promotores already have the trust of their communities, filling gaps in public health information through translation, providing COVID-19 testing, referrals for vaccinations, and responding to the direct needs of their community with cultural understanding.
The true cost of rent in the pandemic: Latinx immigrants in San Francisco were stripped of their wealth to cover the rent.