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Latinos Are Essential

News & Public Affairs

Latinos Are Essential

News & Public Affairs

"Latinos Are Essential" is a collection of unique and insightful short portraits and stories about Latinos who are serving as essential workers in a wide variety of jobs and/or services across the United States, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact Latino and other communities of color.
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6:01
Testing Community
San Francisco’s Latino Task Force creates large-scale COVID testing for essential workers.
Chelsea: An Essential City
4:56
Chelsea: An Essential City
Meet a young city councilwoman and a sanitation worker who are keeping the city running.
Night Shift
4:36
Night Shift
Dulce Bueno is an EMT who works long nights during the difficult days of the pandemic.
Todos Unidos y Yo
5:20
Todos Unidos y Yo
After his business declined, Alfonzo began a program that brings food to people in need.
A Pescador in the Town
4:36
A Pescador in the Town
Meet Pancho Pescador, who spends his pandemic-era days bringing art to Oakland streets.
El Paso Esta Presente
4:18
El Paso Esta Presente
Monica Navarro takes pride in her work at Walmart, the site of the El Paso mass shooting.
Growing in the Shadows
3:04
Growing in the Shadows
Anel Medina is a nurse and one of 200,000 DACA recipients classified as essential workers.
Astrid
5:23
Astrid
Astrid finds a job cleaning subway cars at the peak of the pandemic in New York City.
Latinos Are Essential | Trailer
11 stories of Latinos providing essential services on the pandemic's frontlines.
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