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During my second year of fellowship, I specialized in dementia differentials among bilingual Latino/a/x-Hispanic older adults after seeing a clinical pattern with my supervisor, Dr. Paola Suarez, in our bilingual patients where the behavioral expression of a possible Alzheimer’s disease etiology did not completely follow the typical amnestic (memory) presentation.
Read More | November 16, 2021
One major point of discussion has been whether to create a legislative district in the Yakima Valley where most eligible voters are Latino. Matt Barreto, the faculty director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, said last month that the state commission should create a district in Central Washington that is majority Latino by citizen voting…
But “cracking” — dividing adjacent cities with ethnic majorities, as happened with Latinos in Santa Ana and Anaheim — has been a major factor, said Sonja Diaz, a civil rights attorney and founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.
There is no shortage of legal talent here in California that can rise to the occasion. The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, where I work, recently joined a group of Latino leaders and legal experts to advocate for a Latina appointment and recommend qualified Latina lawyers across the state including experts in housing, immigration,…
Read More | November 14, 2021
One of the biggest issues still being determined is how to create a majority-Latino district in Yakima. After an analysis released last month by Matt Barreto, faculty director at the UCLA Voting Rights Project, commissioners Sims and Walkinshaw proposed redrawing the 14th Legislative District centered on the Yakima area and including the Yakama Nation Reservation.
Read More | November 13, 2021
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