COVID-19 INTERVIEW SERIES

Latina Experiences During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 Interview Series focuses on the experiences of Latina leaders dedicated to working with their communities to improve well-being and improve health. The following video excerpts highlight experiences, successes, and challenges of life, work, and collaborative partnerships.

Part I: Advocating for Undocumented Detainees
The videos below highlight two advocates for undocumented detainees and their experiences collaborating and navigating the barriers to COVID-19:

Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexico City native, is an Immigrant Community Organizer with La Resistencia, an organization dedicated to shutting down the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. She is a leader in the movement to support and release detained immigrants and abolish ICE. Her work with La Resistencia has been instrumental to limiting deportation flights in King County and a current lawsuit demanding the immediate release of medically vulnerable detainees.

Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, human rights researcher and Director at the Center for Human Rights at the University of Washington. Her recent work has supported Maru and team in providing data to stop all ICE deportation flights at Boeing Field.

Part II: Confronting Institutional Bias
Part II introduces two Latinas dedicated to community work and shares their experiences navigating the challenges before and during the pandemic:

Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra is an Afrolatina artist, performer, choreographer, bodyworker, poet, mother, and Community Organizer. She is the Board Chair of Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle (MÁS), an organization committed to ensuring “the sustainability of ongoing cultural and education arts activities focused on Afrolatinos”. Below we highlight Milvia’s experiences collaborating with academic institutions and reflections on decolonial approaches to partnership with community.

Linda K. Ko, community-based researcher and professor at the University of Washington. Linda shares her experiences as a community-based researcher and provides advice to future researchers.

Part III: Pregnancy and Parenthood in the time of COVID
Part III highlights two Latinas and their experiences as a new mother and health care provider during the pandemic:

Jazmín Herrera, new mother and community promotora with Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI), an organization “dedicated to strengthening relationships between Latinos and the wider community.” She shares her experiences navigating Washington state’s healthcare system as a new mother during the pandemic.

Doctor Mariana Frías García is a family medical provider. Below she shares her experiences providing care to new families and the challenges she has faced as a provider during the pandemic.