We’re coming up on holiday season again and that means I’m reading all about the Willson family of Albany, Ga. Not that I know the Willsons personally. But I.
CARE, All Peoples, and DoorDash celebrated 35,000 deliveries of an estimated 1.2 million meals powered by DoorDash’s Project DASH to South Los Angeles Residents at an event at the All Peoples Community Center on May 6.
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Economic fallout from pandemic disproportionately hits Latinas
Last Updated Mar 3, 2021 7:09 PM EST
Esperanza Hernandez and her two daughters are living in a small apartment with a shower curtain used to create a bedroom. She is one of the millions of Latinas in the U.S. who are facing hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. I ve always lived in the shadows, Hernandez said.
She lived in the shadows, but she was able to make ends meet. Hernandez, who is undocumented, has always worked full time. In November, she became ill with COVID-19 and spent three weeks in the intensive care unit. Her 19-year-old daughter Andrea, who was born in the U.S., now earns the family s only income while also attending college.