Victor Hugo Marroquin says that being part of the local LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities have shaped them into the person they are today. Today, he helps lead The Latino Equality Alliance. He says the biggest voter issues for Latinos are healthcare, education, law enforcement, and environmental justice.
Author Archives: Lauren Berny
Lauren Berny (She/Her/Hers) is a multimedia journalist from Southern California. She recently graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and is an intern reporter for EdSource. Berny is also an award-winning journalist; she has received multiple awards from the California College Media Association, and the Journalism Association of Community College.
Posted inEquity, Health, Justice, Politics
VICTOR HUGO MARROQUIN, from Boyle Heights, fights for Latinx, LGBTQ+
Victor Hugo Marroquin says that being part of the local LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities have shaped them into the person they are today. Today, he helps lead The Latino Equality Alliance. He says the biggest voter issues for Latinos are healthcare, education, law enforcement, and environmental justice.
Posted inLA Elections
CALÓ Q&A: CHRISTIAN GREEN, from foster care youth to college professor, experience taught him to vote smart
Christain Green is a sociology professor at Antelope Valley College in Los Angeles County. His path to that post has been long, with him starting off as a child in the county foster care system and later living on the streets of Southern California. He says that life experiences have left him a close follower of local politics and he worries about the outcomes of the looming June primaries and November general elections.
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CHRISTIAN GREEN, from foster care youth to college professor, experience taught him to vote smart
Christain Green is a sociology professor at Antelope Valley College in Los Angeles County. His path to that post has been long, with him starting off as a child in the county foster care system and later living on the streets of Southern California. He says that life experiences have left him a close follower of local politics and he worries about the outcomes of the looming June primaries and November general elections.
Posted inImmigration
CALÓ ELECTION QUESTIONS: ISABEL CANDELARIA, 72, of Pico Rivera
Isabel Candelaria is a 72-year-old activist, UCLA graduate, Chicana activist who considers the biggest issues in the upcoming June election to include healthcare, education, immigration and homelessness.
Posted inJustice
What’s on your mind this election?: ISABEL CANDELARIA, 72, of Pico Rivera
Isabel Candelaria is a 72-year-old activist, UCLA graduate, Chicana activist who considers the biggest issues in the upcoming June election to include healthcare, education, immigration and homelessness.