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The Seeds They Grow
Filmmaker David Gonzalez profiles his father and stepmother who have contracted COVID-19.
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Astrid
Astrid finds a job cleaning subway cars at the peak of the pandemic in New York City. - Embedded Video LinkImage
A Pescador in the Town (Spanish Captions)
Meet Pancho Pescador, an artist who spends his pandemic-era days bringing art to Oakland. - Embedded Video LinkImage
All Around Us (Spanish Captions)
Journalist Maria Hinojosa discusses her reporting on the pandemic’s effect on Latinos. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Chelsea: An Essential City (Spanish Captions)
Meet a councilwoman and a sanitation worker who are keeping the city of Chelsea running. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Growing in the Shadows (Spanish Captions)
Anel Medina is a nurse and one of 200,000 DACA recipients classified as essential workers. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Night Shift (Spanish Captions)
Dulce Bueno is an EMT who works long nights during the difficult days of the pandemic. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Still Standing (Spanish Captions)
Melanie navigates teaching her students online and caring for her three-year-old daughter. - Embedded Video LinkImage
Todos Unidos y Yo (Spanish Captions)
After his business declined, Alfonzo began a program that brings food to people in need.
About Latinos Are Essential
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.
