Dedicated Promotoras Spread “Chisme de Salud”

Excerpt... Hilda mostly works in neighborhoods with higher Latino concentrations, such as Cicero, Pilsen and Berwyn. Half of the work is driving around the city to talk to people about what they have, where to go and to help people make the appointments. The other half is learning.  "O sea, tengo muchas actividades." ("In other words, I have a lot of activities.") Add to all that — caring for her family. Hilda is the mother of four. She is among the 86,000 community health workers in the U.S. and part of the 1,200 in Chicago. Nearly a quarter of these frontline workers in Chicago are Latina. Many of them between 40 and 60. Health navigators like her build trust across all areas related to health, she says.  100LatinaBirthdays.com

Episode 3 of the 100 Latina Birthdays podcast, hosted by Juleyka Lantigua, Florence Barrau-Adams, Fendall Fulton, Vicky Diaz-Camacho, titled "Dedicated Promotoras Spread “Chisme de Salud”" was published on October 15, 2025 and runs 26 minutes.

October 15, 2025 ·26m · 100 Latina Birthdays

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Excerpt... Hilda mostly works in neighborhoods with higher Latino concentrations, such as Cicero, Pilsen and Berwyn. Half of the work is driving around the city to talk to people about what they have, where to go and to help people make the appointments. The other half is learning.  "O sea, tengo muchas actividades." ("In other words, I have a lot of activities.") Add to all that — caring for her family. Hilda is the mother of four. She is among the 86,000 community health workers in the U.S. and part of the 1,200 in Chicago. Nearly a quarter of these frontline workers in Chicago are Latina. Many of them between 40 and 60. Health navigators like her build trust across all areas related to health, she says.  100LatinaBirthdays.com

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