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Meet the Local Heroes 2023 Nominees and Honorees
Meet the Local Heroes 2023 nominees, as well as this year's honorees — Brandon Tsay and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan.
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Local Hero: Azucena Maldonado, Transforming Latinas' Lives Through Golf
Meet 2023 Local Heroes nominee Acuzena Maldonado, founder of Latina Golfers Association.
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Local Hero: Victor Narro, Uniting Car Wash Workers Across L.A.
Local Heroes 2023 Nominee Victor Narro, an expert on immigrant rights and low-wage workers, is a founder and the president of the advisory board of directors at the Clean Car Wash Worker Center, the country’s first center advocating for car wash workers.
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Local Hero: Evelyn Aleman, Advocating for Low-Resource Students and Their Families
Meet Evelyn Aleman, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee for her advocacy in education, offering bilingual resources though the online community Our Voice: Communities for Quality Education.
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Local Hero: Remigio 'Remi' Mateo, Helping Make the Great Outdoors More Inclusive
Remigio "Remi" Mateo, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee, encourages diverse communities to experience Mother Nature by leading hikes for Latino Outdoors.
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Local Hero: Ova Saopeng, Elevating the Refugee and Immigrant Experience
Ova Saopeng, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee, is co-artistic director, producer and theatre-maker with Los Angeles-based TeAda Productions, which stages plays that provide perspectives from global refugee and immigrant communities.
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Local Heroes: Amy J. Wong and Andrew Fung Yip, Celebrating Diverse BIPOC Stories in the San Gabriel Valley
Matilija Lending Library co-founders Amy J. Wong and Andrew Fung Yip are 2023 Local Heroes Nominees for celebrating the diversity of the El Monte and San Gabriel Valley community by uplifting BIPOC stories.
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Local Hero: Florence Lin, Reaching Asian Communities With Vital Resources
Florence Lin is a 2023 Local Heroes nominee for her work in community outreach and education at Asian Youth Center in Los Angeles, which includes providing bilingual resources to those who speak Mandarin and corresponding with Chinese media outlets.
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Meet the Local Heroes 2023 Honorees
Brandon Tsay and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan are 2023's Local Heroes honorees.
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Local Heroes Honoree: Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, Empowering Refugees, Immigrants and Communities In Need
Born in a refugee camp, 2023 Local Heroes honoree Meymuna Hussein-Cattan's personal journey inspires her unwavering commitment to empowering refugees and immigrants — as well as other humanitarian causes — through the Tiyya Foundation and Flavors from Afar.
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Local Heroes Honoree: Brandon Tsay, One Man Whose Courage Saved the Lives of Many
Local Heroes 2023 Honoree Brandon Tsay disarmed the Monterey Park, California mass shooter during Lunar New Year celebrations on January 21, 2023.
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What Are the Midterm Elections?
The midterm elections, held near the midpoint of a president’s four-year term to elect members of the two houses of Congress (the Senate and House of Representatives), determine the future of how laws may or may not be passed by Democrats and Republicans. Here's a quick video explainer.
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