Bridging the Gap: A Nonprofit’s Efforts to Get Humboldt’s Latinx Residents Health Insurance, Services
Ariel Fishkin, Visión y Compromiso community promotor, tabling in front of El Buen Gusto Market in Eureka. | Photos submitted
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promotores” tabling at local
mercados throughout Humboldt County they’re on a mission to help as many Latinx residents as possible obtain health insurance and access healthcare services.
Visión y Compromiso Humboldt is a new chapter of the nonprofit Southern California based organizational coalition of “
promotores,” or community health worker liaisons, aimed at supporting and creating healthier Latinx communities.
“The thing that we’re doing that no one else is doing is actually meeting people where they are,” says Visión y Compromiso