02 April 2021
CAPITOL WEEKLY: Latino voters strongly back climate action, park access
Recently, as part of the inaugural Latino Advocacy Week, I had the privilege to virtually witness Latino advocates from all around California share inspiring stories, from being the first in their family to run for…
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01 April 2021
PLANETIZEN: In Denver, a Former Brownfield Becomes a Park
After a 14-year battle to bring the project to life, the Platte Farm Open Space brings much-needed green space to a north Denver neighborhood. "This past summer, the Center for American Progress and the Hispanic Access Foundation released…
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01 April 2021
SHAPE: The Outdoors Still Has a Major Diversity Problem
The reality is that the outdoor industry as a whole has a huge diversity problem, and it's a multifaceted issue. For example, although people of color account for about 40 percent of the U.S. population, close…
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18 February 2021
MEDIUM: Latinos envision a way forward on climate, environment Featured
As the Biden Administration has begun to take ambitious action on environmental protection and climate justice, new polling from Colorado College’s 11th annual State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll has shown that Latinos…
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18 February 2021
REDLANDS COMMUNITY NEWS: Latinos struggle to get pandemic relief
I have been a successful, self-employed business owner for 12 years, but the pandemic brought challenges like never before. My business, Bethel Estate Sales, was shut down during three months of lockdown in the spring…
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18 February 2021
CALLER TIMES: Hispanic climate advocates looking to protect the ocean
Growing up Latina, in a borderland city 12 hours away from the water, the ocean became my annual sanctuary. Every year, my family took a vacation to the Texas Gulf Coast blasting Selena albums on…
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