We continue to share information about the Ulvade Community and as importantly what each of us can do to support it. Right now, the familias in Ulvade are leaning on each other, and we need to help them directly by supporting their local organizations. At the State and Federal Level, call your representative as well as Texas representatives and let them know you demand they change the gun laws in order to protect our children. Banning assault rifles and lifting the age requirements are two commo...
Jun 02, 2022•14 min•Ep. 110
WE are all responsible: how do WE have the constitutional right to own a gun and not allow the murders of innocent children? How do WE allow politicians who represent us to get away from legislating safety measures so that WE do not allow the murders of innocent children? How do WE allow our children who are exhibiting self-destructive behavior to keep on destroying themselves without helping them?. How do WE allow guns to be in the hands of children...assault rifles at that. WE are all responsi...
May 26, 2022•16 min•Ep. 109
Nelida Robles is a 2022 BS/BA Graduate from the University of Santa Cruz with a major in Microbiology and Spanish. Most recently Nelida has been accepted as a new Scholar in the Postbaccalaureate Research Program at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode Nelida shares her background as a Latina being raised in East Los Angeles and her biology research work at the University of Santa Cruz. Nelida shares her plan and dreams to continue her research University of Pennsylvania and her dedic...
May 12, 2022•26 min•Ep. 107
Sheila Talton is an innovative global leader and Big Data strategist with more than 30 years of experience in helping organizations increase value, build successful businesses within larger companies and expand into emerging markets. She develops bold initiatives, whether through public/private partnerships, melding company strategies with governmental objectives, obtaining buy-in for consulting services within technology product companies, or breaking down silos to build services around product...
May 05, 2022•27 min•Ep. 106
As the Chief Executive Officer of United Way of Santa Cruz County, Keisha Browder has led multiple countywide initiatives focused on the building blocks of a thriving life – education, economic mobility, health, and community engagement. Keisha is an experienced nonprofit executive with a career spanning over 20 years in community development, education, youth success, and philanthropy throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the University of Washington and the Stanford University Gra...
Apr 28, 2022•42 min•Ep. 105
HealthCare UnTold celebrates its 100th episode by acknowledging and thanking all of the incredible community leaders that have shared their lives and journeys with us. Our podcast hosts Barbara Ann Garcia, Gerado Sandoval and Jasmine Najera share their favorite episodes and their excitement for our next 100 episodes. If you want to be on our show or know of others that you think would like to be on our show, email us at [email protected].
Apr 21, 2022•30 min•Ep. 103
Dr. Sandra R. Hernandez, CEO of the California Health Care Foundation, shares the new initiatives at the Foundation and provides a COVID-19 update. HealthCare Untold thanks Dr. Hernandez for providing ongoing COVID-19 updates for over the past two years. As we enter into the third of year of Covid-19, we continue to encourage our community to get their Vaccines, Mask when appropriate, and help educate and support those around them. As we learn more about the effectiveness of Vaccines and the hea...
Apr 14, 2022•22 min•Ep. 104
Monica Limón serves as a Program Manager at NALCAB, where she is responsible for providing support and oversight for the organization’s Federal Programs and initiatives. As a passionate Latina, Monica’s personal and professional commitment is to build long-term, economic, social, and health focused upward mobility in communities of color and women in general. Her career has encompassed many fields, including university outreach and recruiting, graduate writing services, commercial and residentia...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 102
Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth are co-founders of MissingLogic®. Prior to starting their business in early 2018, they worked for large health systems, global technology and clinical knowledge corporations, as well as served in leadership roles for national health professional organizations. Tracy and Michelle are the co-hosts of Healthcare’s MissingLogic Podcast, that focuses on the complex challenges and chronic tensions in healthcare and experiences of the leaders that are managing ...
Mar 31, 2022•28 min•Ep. 101
Memorial for Juan Pablo Gutierrez Saturday March 26, 2022 4:30pm-7:30pm Mission Neighborhood Center 362 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA Between 18th and 19th Streets Juan Pablo Gutiérrez - A Life Remembered RSVP at [email protected] before Monday March 21, 2022 Limited in-person admittance due to COVID precautions Protective masking and vaccinations are requested for everyone’s safety Los muertos no se venden, pero sí se recuerdan! El Colectivo del Rescate Cultural Artwork: Juan Pa...
Mar 24, 2022•37 min•Ep. 53
Jennifer Esteen is a registered nurse, mother, and community leader serving on the Eden Municipal Advisory Council and the Alameda Health System Board of Trustees. She has spent her career delivering for the most vulnerable, first as a psychiatric nurse in the San Francisco General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room, where she saw firsthand the vicious cycle that patients experience from diminished funding for mental health care. Jennifer is ready to fight for her community and is running for S...
Mar 17, 2022•34 min•Ep. 100
Maria Cadenas, Executive Director of Ventures-"Driven by Love & Justice" Ventures partners with rural Latino working-class families in California’s Central Coast to implement transformational programs that ensure a shared and prosperous economic future for all. Their transformational programs make certain that individuals understand and use their economic and political power. From building their savings to advocating for a living wage, our approach builds community and connects financial sta...
Mar 03, 2022•48 min•Ep. 98
HealthCare UnTold continues its series highlighting members of the COVIDLATINO project. Today's guest is Tanya Jeanette Alderete. Tanya, currently a medical student at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine, is completing her third-year medical rotations in Phoenix, Arizona where she was born and raised. During the height of the COVID pandemic, Ms. Alderete conducted research at the St. Vincent de Paul Virginia G. Piper Medical & Dental (SVdP) Clinic, a free clinic in dow...
Feb 24, 2022•26 min•Ep. 97
Dr. Marilyn Hernandez completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. After graduating optometry school, Dr. Hernandez completed a one- year residency program with a concentration in Ocular Disease and Primary Eye Care at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacaton, Arizona, where she served the Native American population of the greater Phoenix area. Currently she practices in So...
Feb 17, 2022•20 min•Ep. 96
Dr. Marilyn Hernandez completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. After graduating optometry school, Dr. Hernandez completed a one- year residency program with a concentration in Ocular Disease and Primary Eye Care at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacaton, Arizona, where she served the Native American population of the greater Phoenix area. Currently she practices in So...
Feb 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 95
Today’s guest on HealthCare UnTold is Lalo Alcaraz who Is the most influential Latino political cartoonist in our country. Best known for being the creator of "La Cucaracha", the first nationally syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip, Lalo has joined forces with the CovidLatino.org project as lead artist to use his artistic powers to help educate the Latino community about Covid-19 and the importance and protective power of vaccines. The COVIDLATINO.org project provides critica...
Feb 03, 2022•26 min•Ep. 94
Today's podcast is part of a series of episodes highlighting the individuals involved in the CovidLatino.org project. Today's guests-Bertha Lopez, Gabriela Lopez, and Aashish Yadav-are Arizona State University Students studying to become physicians. The CovidLatino.org project provides critical information on COVID-19 vaccines and testing for Latinx communities across the U.S. with a focus on the Southwest. This project brings together a collective of academic institutions, community-based organ...
Jan 27, 2022•24 min•Ep. 93
On Episode 92, our co-host, Jasmine Nájera had the opportunity to talk with Joanne Sanchez and Ruby Vasquez from the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan for an update on the groups work. The volunteers have continued to visit farms each week, sometimes more to appreciate, support and connect farm workers with essential needs and donations. You can thank campesinos/farm workers for the fruits and vegetables you consume on a daily basis. During this pandemic, they work at risk of contractin...
Jan 20, 2022•32 min•Ep. 92
The Recast: We talk to Ruby Vasquez & Yesenia Molina leaders of the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan. The Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan provides acknowledgement and appreciation to farm workers and field workers in the Watsonville community, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can thank campesinos/farm workers for the fruits and vegetables you consume on a daily basis. During this pandemic, they work at risk of contracting Covid-19 for the the lowest wages in ...
Jan 13, 2022•27 min•Ep. 91
This is a GenteCare Health Alert from HealthCare Untold about the COVID-19 virus Omicron that is spreading quickly through our families and our communities. Many of us are getting sick with flu like symptoms. The symptoms of Omicron that makes it different it from the flu are: **The loss of smell and taste, which you will not find with the flu. **High fever and sometimes severe headaches, which is being reporting by those infected with Omicron. If you do have those symptoms, it’s much more conce...
Jan 06, 2022•4 min•Ep. 90
President and Chief Executive Officer of Joy DeGruy Publications Inc., Dr. DeGruy's research focuses on the intersection of racism, trauma, violence, and American chattel slavery. She has over thirty years of practical experience as a professional in the field of social work and conducts workshops and trainings in the areas of intergenerational/historical trauma, mental health, and social justice. Her seminal book: " Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healin...
Dec 30, 2021•31 min•Ep. 89
Sunny Schwartz has dedicated almost forty years to Men and Women who are and were incarcerated. Her work in jails and prisons implementing Restorative Justice, Trauma Informed Services, educational opportunities, and transitional housing is part of her lifetime legacy of bringing Justice and Reform to our criminal justice systems. Hear about Sunny's new project: Five Keys Home Free. Org which supports women who are convicted survivors to successfully transition back into our communities. https:/...
Dec 23, 2021•29 min•Ep. 88
Arnoldo Torres is a journalist, a public policy expert and the executive director for the California Hispanic Health Care Association. Arnold played a significant role in the debate surrounding the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, which addressed civil rights protections, temporary workers and immigration legalization. During this episode Arnold shares his background and the passion for his work being influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. He has continued...
Dec 16, 2021•38 min•Ep. 87
Dr. Gilberto Lopez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. Gilberto has committed his research to identifying the social determinants and political frameworks needed to understand the health and wellbeing of (im)migrant, rural, and racialized minority populations. When Covid-19 hit, Gilberto wanted to respond to the differences in information that he was receiving as a public health researcher and the dangerous and life-threatening misinformati...
Dec 09, 2021•27 min•Ep. 86
Good News Latinos and X at HealthCare UnTold would like to recognize the work of the State of New Mexico to support the goal of a living wage for farmworkers. Due to the farmworker labor shortage caused by Covid-19 in New Mexico, Governor Lujan announced a 5-million-dollar fund to form the Chile Labor Incentive Program (CLIP). The CLIP program is a wage supplement program for the chile industry to ensure the production of the state's signature crop. On November 17, 2021 Governor Lujan announced ...
Dec 02, 2021•13 min•Ep. 84
San Francisco food allergy activist Sonia Hunt has just released her first book, NUT JOB: How I Crushed My Food Allergies to Thrive . A first-generation Indian-American, Sonia healed a lifetime of severe food allergies by reclaiming her native foodways and exploring Ayurveda and functional medicine as alternative paths to healing. After hundreds of visits to the ER including four that nearly took her life, Sonia spent ten years examining the root cause of her allergies, and in 2020 was proclaime...
Nov 25, 2021•30 min•Ep. 85
Gloria Romero is a bilingual Latina who has served children, youth and families in the Mission District and San Francisco for over 30 years. She has extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive quality programs and services for children, youth, and families of diverse backgrounds. Gloria has committed her career to the strengthening of communities, advancing equity and social justice, and fostering collective impact efforts. As the new and current Executive Director a...
Nov 18, 2021•44 min•Ep. 83
On today's Covid-19 Update, we discuss the impact of vaccines on the highly infectious Delta Variant. Vaccines have been effective in reducing deaths, hospitalizations, and severe illness. Over 750,000 deaths in the United States, including the loss of parents to thousands of children, have caused a tremendous amount of suffering that is not being recognized. We are also not certain about the long-term effects of Covid-19 for those who have suffered through this infection; brain fog, fatigue and...
Nov 11, 2021•19 min•Ep. 82
Episode 81: Margaret Cariño-Condon & Theresa Cariño, Co-Founders of Salud y Cariño. Bio’s & Contact Information Margaret has been a member of the Institute for Women Surfers since 2015 and is currently a part-time surf instructor with the Wahine Project, an organization that strives to reduce barriers and increase access to the ocean and surfing for all girls. She is also a board member for the Museum of Discovery in Capitola, CA. A southern California native, Margaret spent her summers ...
Nov 04, 2021•37 min•Ep. 81
Pauline A. Guillermo is an author and the co-founder and former Executive Director (Emeritus) of The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet (1998), one of the first internationally recognized virtual public policy centers dedicated to promoting opportunities for people with disabilities. Born and raised in San Francisco and educated in the Bay Area and New Jersey, she has written numerous papers and blogs, and consults on disability rights issues and best practices for Inf...
Oct 28, 2021•46 min•Ep. 80
