Latinos Are Essential

A collection of insightful short stories about essential workers in the COVID 19 pandemic.

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  • The Seeds They Grow: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Seeds They Grow

    Filmmaker David Gonzalez profiles his father and stepmother who have contracted COVID-19.
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    Growing in the Shadows

    Anel Medina is a nurse and one of 200,000 DACA recipients classified as essential workers.

About Latinos Are Essential

Latinos Are Essential is a collection of unique and insightful short portraits and stories about Latinos who are serving as essential workers in a wide variety of jobs and/or services across the United States, even as the COVID 19 pandemic continues to disproportionately impact Latino and other communities of color.