Apr 13, 2021
The daughter of an internist in the Bronx, the father of a nurse practitioner in Southern California and the son of a nurse in McAllen, Texas, share how grief over their loved ones’ deaths from covid-19 has affected them.
These health care workers were profiled in KHN and The Guardian’s yearlong “Lost on the Frontline” project.
Dr. Reza Chowdhury was a with a private practice in the Bronx and a trusted voice in New York’s Bengali community. His daughter, Nikita Rahman, said that despite underlying health issues putting him at higher risk of developing covid complications, he saw patients through mid-March last year, when he developed symptoms. He died on April 9, 2020.
Jessica Cavazos’ dreams for her organization are much too big to fit on a single sticky note
In getting the job that changed her life, Jessica Cavazos gives partial credit to a sticky note.
March 11, 2021 9:04 AM Doug Moe
Photo by Chris Hynes
Jessica Cavazos is the Madison-based president of the Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce. Membership has grown to more than 400 businesses and the organization was one of three nationally to receive the 2020 Hispanic Chamber of the Year Award.
In getting the job that changed her life, Jessica Cavazos gives partial credit to a sticky note.
This was 2004, and Cavazos today the Madison-based president of the Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce desperately wanted to work for Milwaukee congressional candidate Gwendolyn Moore, if Moore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.