Results tagged “Latina” from Bay Voices

Inspired by the hardships she went through, Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, co founded POOR magazine to help others. Sara Kwan reports from the Mission District.
Claudia León says her early experiences as a young volunteer in the Mission District helped ther to prepare for her current job as program coordinator for the Chicana/Latina Foundation. Melissa Dudum-Maya reports from the Mission District.
Numerous laws, beginning from 1882, affect the way immigration rules are applied to women in the United States. Roberto Daza reports from the Mission District.
Breast cancer is a serious diagnosis for any woman, however, what is the leading cause of death among Hispanic women is an increasingly preventable one with a little time and care. Taryn Harrington reports from the Mission District.

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Bay Voices is an ethnic news service that offers the stories and voices from communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is produced by students of San Francisco State University's Journalism Department and students from two of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism's youth programs: Prime Movers and the Bay Area Multicultural Media Academy.

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