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Early on in the pandemic, a farmworker’s days in the fields carried on as usual. Then she became a community health worker, leveraging her trilingual language skills to help get more people vaccinated.

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Early on in the pandemic, a farmworker’s days in the fields carried on as usual. Then she became a community health worker, leveraging her trilingual language skills to help get more people vaccinated.

Celia Jiménez
Jul 2, 2021

“I encourage them to get vaccinated because there are many who don’t want to get vaccinated…”

A farmworker takes on a new challenge: Helping people get aid during the pandemic.

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A farmworker takes on a new challenge: Helping people get aid during the pandemic.

Celia Jiménez
Apr 2, 2021

Mariza Martinez, a farmworker and mother of five, was already busy. Now she is up to a new challenge: being a community health worker for Buil…