1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: I think that we have to learn more about the 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: Puerto Ricans in the USA. Sometimes we forget about their needs. 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: What are the. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: Living conditions of our population in the USA. 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 3: From Futuro Media, it's Latino USA like Maria no Josa 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 3: today Puerto Ricans and the spread of COVID nineteen. Since 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 3: the start of the coronavirus outbreak, it's been reported that 8 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 3: low income, black and brown communities have been hit hardest 9 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 3: by the pandemic. On this show, we've covered how immigrants 10 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 3: and Latinos are getting sick and dying at some of 11 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 3: the highest rates in the country. As the crisis continues, 12 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: so does the necessary reporting. A large scale investigation released 13 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 3: in June focused on the Puerto Rican diaspora here in 14 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 3: the United States. The results are sobering. Detailed analysis found 15 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 3: that Puerto Rican communities in the mainland live in parts 16 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 3: of the country that also happened to be the most 17 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 3: vulnerable for the spread of COVID nineteen. The Puerto Rico 18 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 3: based Centro de Perrio Diismo Investigativo or CPI mapped out 19 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: the Puerto Rican population in the US and analyzed how 20 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 3: that overlapped with the spread of COVID across the country. 21 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: The investigation determined that Puerto Ricans in the US live 22 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: in counties that have the highest possibility of COVID infection 23 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: and death. This piece included reporting from New York, New Jersey, 24 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 3: and Florida. A four person team contributed to the story, 25 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: and two of those reporters join us today. Manessa Colonne 26 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 3: al Menez worked on data analysis and crunched the numbers 27 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 3: for this piece, while Goral Murphy interviewed Puerto Ricans in 28 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: the States. Manessa and Corral, thank you so much for 29 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: your work, and welcome to Latino USA. 30 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: Thank you, Marino Hoosa, Thank you for having us, Thank 31 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: you so much. 32 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: So Look, there have been a lot of stories that 33 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: in particular Latino and Latina journalists, we've just kind of 34 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: been really obsessing over when this pandemic has been developing. 35 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: And I'm just wondering, at what point did you just say, 36 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 3: hold on a second, there's a story about Puerto Ricans 37 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 3: right here. Do you remember when that happened? For the 38 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 3: both of you, Manessa, let's start with you. 39 00:02:54,840 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: This investigation we started after we publish our first story 40 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: last April. We identified that the passengers arriving in to 41 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: the island, not in Puerto Rico, came from areas of 42 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: greatest contagion by coronavirus, like New York, Florida, and New Jersey. 43 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: Those states have the largest Puerto Rican population in United States. Therefore, 44 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: we decided to analys if the Puerto Ricans leaving in 45 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: USA have been disproportionally affected by the coronavirus coral. 46 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 3: You're based here in the United States, You're based in 47 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: New York. Manessa's based in Puerto Rico. I'm wondering because 48 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 3: you ended up being the one who is doing the 49 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: interviews here on the mainland. Do you remember when you 50 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: just went like, WHOA, I'm seeing this right in front 51 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 3: of my eyes. This is a story about Puerto Ricans. 52 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: I wasn't surprised because as a person. 53 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 4: Living in New York, I kind of got to see 54 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 4: for hand how most of the people that were outside 55 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 4: were people who had to be because they. 56 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: Were essential workers and Latinos. 57 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 4: So when Manessa told me people from Puerto Rico in 58 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 4: the US are being mostly affected by COVID nineteen it 59 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 4: it didn't surprise me, not at all. 60 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: I'm not Puerto Rican, but I have been hearing this 61 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 3: story many Puerto Rican girlfriends, professional women who just tell me, 62 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 3: oh my god, this person died, and then this person died, 63 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 3: and then this person died. And in fact, in your reporting, 64 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 3: you tell the story of a man. His name is 65 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 3: William Sanchez rade Guz. He's fifty seven years old, and 66 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 3: he manages four apartment buildings for the elderly or the 67 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: disabled in the Bronx. How many people did he tell 68 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 3: you have died from the four apartment buildings that he manages. 69 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 4: In the buildings that he manages, around sixteen people have died. 70 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 4: He contracted the virus, and he himself was extremely worried 71 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 4: for himself and for his wife. He told me he 72 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 4: didn't see his wife for about two weeks while he quarantined. 73 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 4: And I just remember when I asked him about his experience, 74 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 4: he started telling me how he was hallucinating, that he 75 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 4: felt extreme pain, and that he thought he was going 76 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 4: to die. And he told me that at that moment 77 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 4: he started to write his will, and he said, I 78 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: didn't think it was my time to be doing this 79 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 4: and to start doing this, but I felt it was 80 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 4: going to be very real. It was going to be 81 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 4: the outcome, and I had to be prepared for the worst. 82 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 3: So Willy is from the Bronx. The Bronx is a 83 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 3: heavily Puerto Rican borough in New York City. And I'm 84 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: wondering what made you decide to zero in on counties 85 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 3: in New York City, in New Jersey, and in Florida 86 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: in particular, and what makes those areas especially dangerous for 87 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: Puerto Ricans. 88 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: We decide to concentrate on the five hundred and ninety 89 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: four counties because they have a hired Puerto Rican population. 90 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: Our investigation found that where the Puerto Rican people are living, 91 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: there is a high number of a high rate of continence. 92 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: It's very important to specify that it doesn't mean that 93 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: the Puerto Rican people are more infected with the coronavirus, 94 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: but their possibility of continian increased because they live where 95 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: there is a high rate of continians and death. We 96 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: also correlate the Puerto Rican population with the social vulnerability Index, 97 00:06:55,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: and we found that vulnerability factors are very present. Urban 98 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: poverty being considered it a racial minority, limitations with the 99 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: English high unemployment. These factors increase the possibility of becoming 100 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: infected from the virus. 101 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 3: You know, there is a concept of just poverty. But 102 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: then when you get more specific about different kinds of poverty. 103 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: We're talking about here in terms of urban poverty and 104 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: Puerto Ricans, and especially poverty in high density locations. And 105 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 3: you know, in many ways, the story of the pandemic 106 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 3: is all about geography. You know, it can basically determine 107 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 3: what your experience with this pandemic has been like. So 108 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 3: I'm wondering can you talk about this notion of urban 109 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: poverty and geographic location the spread of the virus and 110 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 3: how this coincides with the Puerto Rican community specifically, your 111 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 3: vampover occurs mainly in spaces with more population, where people 112 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 3: have less access to basis services. 113 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: That's it. 114 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: Many people live in overcrowding. It's so difficult to maintain 115 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: the social distance because they're living together, they're living in 116 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: the same houses. They're living maybe your uncle, your grandmother, 117 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: your son, your sister, the son of your sister. You 118 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: can't avoid the contact with the people, so that increased 119 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: the possibility of contagent Coral. 120 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 3: I'm wondering you began to see patterns of what was 121 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 3: happening with these communities. What were the patterns that you 122 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 3: were seeing in terms of the failure of local governments 123 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 3: and local institutions to really address this problem, to be 124 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: prepared to deal with the way the virus was attacking 125 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 3: the Puerto Rican community in specific. 126 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 4: One of the other people that I interviewed, her name 127 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 4: was Miagros Cansel, and she is mother of three children, 128 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 4: and she told me that it was just extremely hard 129 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 4: for her to be in the area, and it was 130 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: also kind of saddening to her to see that there 131 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 4: weren't enough efforts for people in the region to have 132 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 4: ppe face mass hand sanitizer. She doesn't see that she 133 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 4: didn't see that type of help in her community. 134 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 3: Milagros told you, Gorral, that she's been having to do 135 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 3: everything from home now, from school to virtual medical treatments 136 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 3: to making sure that her kids don't get depressed, and 137 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 3: when they tell her that they want to go back 138 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 3: to their normal routines now, she has to explain that 139 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 3: it's just. 140 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: Not going to happen right now, Brazion. 141 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 3: So, Goral, did you see any things that you began 142 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: to hear over and over again, particularly with Puerto Ricans 143 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 3: confronting this virus. 144 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think this has to do with pre existing 145 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 4: conditions before COVID this was something uh. Someone told me, 146 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 4: Fernando Laspina, he's from the South Bronx. He runs community 147 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 4: center there and he was just telling me that a 148 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 4: lot of people in the South Bronx were already going 149 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 4: through problems that I guess COVID just exacerbated. He mentioned, 150 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 4: for example, the factor of unemployment. He said, in this community, 151 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 4: a lot of people were already unemployed, and when COVID hit, 152 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 4: those who did have office jobs just lost them, and 153 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 4: the ones left working right now in this community are 154 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 4: essential workers. 155 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 2: People who were also not. 156 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 4: Very fluent in English would tell me that a lot 157 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 4: of the resources that were being given out were in 158 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 4: English and they might have to do a little extra 159 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 4: effort to look for resources in Spanish, and depending on 160 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: where you live, they might not even exist. They were 161 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 4: telling me how they were seeing difficulties in this in 162 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 4: different sectors. For example, Mila Gresconce, she was telling me 163 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 4: that although she can speak English, she was talking with 164 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 4: other moms and they don't master English as well, so 165 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 4: when classes went online, it was much harder for them 166 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: to help their children with homework. All the classes were 167 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: in English, and while they relied on the school and 168 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: the teacher before. Now it's just, you know, it's just 169 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 4: a little harder for them to actually help their children. 170 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 3: You also spoke to someone named Mike Riverta who lives 171 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: in New York, New Jersey, who's a plumber originally from 172 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 3: boncer perto Rico. He survived twenty days with COVID and 173 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 3: he had to go to the hospital. He describes it 174 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 3: like a scene from a war movie, remembering now that 175 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 3: he had to walk through the emergency room and seeing 176 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 3: all of these people who were fighting for their lives. 177 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: You know, one of the things that we're actually it's 178 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 3: happening in front of us, is that you know, we're 179 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 3: we're documenting the story of the trauma. The Puerto Rican 180 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: community on the mainland has been kind of hit hard, 181 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 3: impacted by things that have been happening on the island, 182 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 3: you know, whether it's earthquakes, you know, or hurricanes. I'm 183 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 3: just wondering, what have you seen in terms of this 184 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 3: community taking yet again another hit the Puerto Rican community, 185 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 3: this time because of the coronavirus. 186 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 4: When I interviewed Puerto Ricans here in New York, I 187 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 4: empathize a lot, I guess for personal reasons because I 188 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 4: also immigrated from Puerto Rico just over a year ago, 189 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 4: so just hearing over and over again how they were 190 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 4: still recovering from the psychological trauma and the emotional baggage 191 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 4: that they carry from the hurricane, from the earthquakes. We 192 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 4: are also going through a really big economic crisis, and 193 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 4: they come here and they were really hopeful, and then 194 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 4: this pandemic hits, and another aspect, I guess on the 195 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 4: emotional side of it is the fact that they didn't 196 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 4: feel and a lot of people still don't feel that 197 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 4: they've completely settled here. You know, in New York, it's 198 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 4: just so hard to settle because it's such a big 199 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 4: city and there's you know, everything's constantly changing. 200 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 2: With this pandemic, it was just a lot worse, all right. 201 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 3: Let me just ask this final question. The Puerto Rican 202 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 3: community also is a very strong community. It's very united 203 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: on the mainland, and they have whether so many challenges 204 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 3: for so long. When you think about what's going to 205 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 3: help get Puerto Ricans through this particular moment of the 206 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: pandemic and their community being so impacted, what do you 207 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 3: think about. 208 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to use a cliche like resilient, but 209 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: I think that Puerto Rican people knows the meaning of 210 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: that word by heart. We know how to face adversity, 211 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: we know how to be under pressure. And it's so 212 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: weird because when we are finished one problem, then we 213 00:14:52,200 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: found another program. But at this moment, I'm so Paranza, No, 214 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: I am so sure about our young people, that the 215 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: young people can change this. 216 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 3: Coral and Vanessa, thank you so much for speaking with 217 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 3: me on Latino USA. 218 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you so much, Thank you Grass. 219 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 3: This episode was produced by Alejandra Salasad and edited by 220 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 3: Luis Reyes. 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This week on Latino USA, 241 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 3: a Texas student who's also a migrant farm worker dreams 242 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 3: of graduating. 243 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 2: If it was like my freshman, a sophomore or junior year, 244 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 2: I wouldn't really worry about it because I'll be like, nah, 245 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 2: I can make it up next year. 246 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 3: We look at the many obstacles he faces to meet 247 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 3: that goal. That's this week on Latino USA.