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SoCal Update, KCET

On the June 29 episode of “SoCal Update,” host Cara Santa Maria interviewed me on my multimedia story about a record number of migrants making the perilous journey by foot to the California-Mexico border, where I reported on a free clinic in Tijuana, run mostly by volunteers, that provides healthcare for people in the growing border camps.

SoCal Update, KCET

On the June 30 episode of “SoCal Update,” host Cara Santa Maria interviewed me about my recent visit to a Tijuana migrant encampment and the health clinic providing free medical care to the growing number of refugees there.

SoCal Update

On the September 17 episode of “SoCal Update,” host Cara Santa Maria interviewed me about my story on undocumented immigrants with disabilities are organizing to seek better care. Some who were held in immigration detention facilities have filed a national lawsuit, where they say care for disabilities is practically non-existent.

KHN - “At Least I Got the Shot”

Although the coronavirus pandemic shut down many organizations and businesses across the nation, KHN has never been busier ― and health coverage has never been more vital.

Photojournalist Heidi de Marco’s stunning images transport viewers to two California hospitals near the U.S.-Mexico border where the influx of patients with COVID-19 overwhelmed local intensive care units in late May. To capture these scenes at El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County and Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista in San Diego County, de Marco donned personal protective equipment and followed each facility’s safety guidelines. Still, she acknowledges, the work increased her risk of exposure to the coronavirus. She also risked bringing the virus home to her family. For her it was worth the risk, in order to give readers a window on health care in the midst of a pandemic — and to share her work with the world.