HealthCare UnTold

Our guest today is Olga Talamante Olga’s family migrated from Mexico to Gilroy, California in the early 1960’s where they worked in the farm fields for several years. She is widely respected for her long-standing community activism and leadership. During the mid-seventies, she became well known for her experience as a political prisoner in Argentina. As a result of a successful grass-roots campaig...

Regular exercise can help you stay healthier and happier. HealthCare UnTold co-hosts Gerado and Barbara discuss the Mayo Clinic's report on the benefits of regular physical activity and exercise: Exercise Controls Weight Exercise Combats Health Conditions and Diseases Exercise Improves Mood Exercise Boosts Energy Exercise Promotes Better Sleep Exercise Puts the Spark Back into Your Sex Life Exerci...

Recast Episode #69 - In Memoriam: Laura Segura, Executive Director of Monarch Services, Social Justice Warrior, Chicana Leader, Advocate, Community Hero, Athlete y La Mera Mera Chingona. With a heavy heart, we are recasting our August 2021 interview with Laura Segura who passed away last week after battling cancer.  Our hearts and prayers are with her daughters, family, Monarch Services & the Wats...

Elba Rosario Sanchez was a pioneering leader in the innovative field of Spanish for Spanish Speakers (SPSS) at the university level.   The SPSS Program at UC Santa Cruz helped ensure the academic success and retention of hundreds of Chicano and Latino students grounded in a pedagogy of social justice and support and mentoring throughout their university experience.   Elba shares her own migration...

We continue to share information about the Ulvade  Community and as importantly what each of us can do to support it. Right now, the  familias in Ulvade are leaning on each other, and we need to help them directly by supporting their local organizations. At the State and Federal Level, call your representative as well as Texas representatives and let them know you demand they change the gun laws i...

WE are all responsible: how do WE have the constitutional right to own a gun and not allow the murders of innocent children? How do WE allow politicians who represent us to get away from legislating safety measures so that WE do not allow the murders of innocent children? How do WE allow our children who are exhibiting self-destructive behavior to keep on destroying themselves without helping them...

Nelida Robles is a 2022 BS/BA Graduate from the University of Santa Cruz with a major in Microbiology and Spanish. Most recently Nelida has been accepted as a new Scholar in the Postbaccalaureate Research Program at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode Nelida shares her background as a Latina being raised in East Los Angeles and her biology research work at the University of Santa Cruz....

Sheila Talton is an innovative global leader and Big Data strategist with more than 30 years of experience in helping organizations increase value, build successful businesses within larger companies and expand into emerging markets. She develops bold initiatives, whether through public/private partnerships, melding company strategies with governmental objectives, obtaining buy-in for consulting s...

As the Chief Executive Officer of United Way of Santa Cruz County, Keisha Browder has led multiple countywide initiatives focused on the building blocks of a thriving life – education, economic mobility, health, and community engagement.  Keisha is an experienced nonprofit executive with a career spanning over 20 years in community development, education, youth success, and philanthropy throughout...

HealthCare UnTold celebrates its 100th episode by acknowledging and thanking all of the incredible community leaders that have shared their lives and journeys with us. Our podcast hosts Barbara Ann Garcia, Gerado Sandoval and Jasmine Najera share their favorite episodes and their excitement for our next 100 episodes. If you want to be on our show or know of others that you think would like to be o...

Dr. Sandra R. Hernandez, CEO of the California Health Care Foundation, shares the new initiatives at the Foundation and provides a COVID-19 update. HealthCare Untold thanks Dr. Hernandez for providing ongoing COVID-19 updates for over the past two years. As we enter into the third of year of Covid-19, we continue to encourage our community to get their Vaccines, Mask when appropriate, and help edu...

Monica Limón serves as a Program Manager at NALCAB, where she is responsible for providing support and oversight for the organization’s Federal Programs and initiatives. As a passionate Latina, Monica’s personal and professional commitment is to build long-term, economic, social, and health focused upward mobility in communities of color and women in general. Her career has encompassed many fields...

  Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth are co-founders of  MissingLogic®.  Prior to starting their business in early 2018, they worked for large health systems, global technology and clinical knowledge corporations, as well as served in leadership roles for national health professional organizations. Tracy and Michelle are the co-hosts of  Healthcare’s MissingLogic Podcast,  that focuses on t...

  Memorial for Juan Pablo Gutierrez Saturday March 26, 2022 4:30pm-7:30pm Mission Neighborhood Center 362 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA Between 18th and 19th Streets Juan Pablo Gutiérrez - A Life Remembered RSVP at juanpablogutierrez1950@gmail.com before Monday March 21, 2022 Limited in-person admittance due to COVID precautions Protective masking and vaccinations are requested for everyone’s saf...

Jennifer Esteen is a registered nurse, mother, and community leader serving on the Eden Municipal Advisory Council and the Alameda Health System Board of Trustees. She has spent her career delivering for the most vulnerable, first as a psychiatric nurse in the San Francisco General Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room, where she saw firsthand the vicious cycle that patients experience from diminish...

Maria Cadenas, Executive Director of Ventures-"Driven by Love & Justice" Ventures partners with rural Latino working-class families in California’s Central Coast to implement transformational programs that ensure a shared and prosperous economic future for all. Their transformational programs make certain that individuals understand and use their economic and political power. From building their s...

HealthCare UnTold continues its series highlighting members of the COVIDLATINO project. Today's guest is Tanya Jeanette Alderete. Tanya, currently a medical student at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine, is completing her third-year medical rotations in Phoenix, Arizona where she was born and raised.   During the height of the COVID pandemic, Ms. Alderete conducted research...

Dr. Marilyn Hernandez completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. After graduating optometry school, Dr. Hernandez completed a one- year residency program with a concentration in Ocular Disease and Primary Eye Care at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacaton, Arizona, where...

Dr. Marilyn Hernandez completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. After graduating optometry school, Dr. Hernandez completed a one- year residency program with a concentration in Ocular Disease and Primary Eye Care at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacaton, Arizona, where...

Today’s guest on HealthCare UnTold is Lalo Alcaraz who Is the most influential Latino political cartoonist in our country. Best known for being the creator of "La Cucaracha", the first nationally syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip, Lalo has joined forces with the CovidLatino.org project as lead artist to use his artistic powers to help educate the Latino community about Covid-...

Today's podcast is part of a series of episodes highlighting the individuals involved in the CovidLatino.org project. Today's guests-Bertha Lopez, Gabriela Lopez, and Aashish Yadav-are Arizona State University Students studying to become physicians. The CovidLatino.org project provides critical information on COVID-19 vaccines and testing for Latinx communities across the U.S. with a focus on the...

On Episode 92, our co-host, Jasmine Nájera had the opportunity to talk with Joanne Sanchez and Ruby Vasquez from the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan for an update on the groups work. The volunteers have continued to visit farms each week, sometimes more to appreciate, support and connect farm workers with essential needs and donations.  You can thank campesinos/farm workers for the frui...

The Recast:  We talk to Ruby Vasquez & Yesenia Molina leaders of the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan. The Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan provides acknowledgement and appreciation to farm workers and field workers in the Watsonville community, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.   You can thank campesinos/farm workers for the fruits and vegetables you consume on a daily...

This is a GenteCare Health Alert from HealthCare Untold about the COVID-19 virus Omicron that is spreading quickly through our families and our communities. Many of us are getting sick with flu like symptoms. The symptoms of Omicron that makes it different it from the flu are: **The loss of smell and taste, which you will not find with the flu. **High fever and sometimes severe headaches, which is...

President and Chief Executive Officer of Joy DeGruy Publications Inc., Dr. DeGruy's research focuses on the intersection of racism, trauma, violence, and American chattel slavery. She has over thirty years of practical experience as a professional in the field of social work and conducts workshops and trainings in the areas of intergenerational/historical trauma, mental health, and social justice....