Recast of Dr. Gilberto Lopez: Using Art as a Messenger to Protect our Community

Dr. Gilberto Lopez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University.  Gilberto has committed his research to identifying the social determinants and political frameworks needed to understand the health and wellbeing of (im)migrant, rural, and racialized minority populations.When Covid-19 hit, Gilberto wanted to respond to the differences in information that he was receiving as a public health researcher and the dangerous and life-threatening misinformation that was on social media and news outlets about the virus and vaccines.  Gilberto organized a collaboration with artists, public health leaders, and social scientists to develop open-source resources and materials targeting Latinx and Latino communities. Gilberto reached out to local artists and Lalo Alcarez, the Pulitzer-winning cartoonist known for his political cartoon strip "La Cucaracha" and his collaboration on the movie "CoCo", to help develop educational cartoons and videos.  These videos and materials are culturally tailored to the diverse Latinx and Latino communities, including Mayan communities, and can be found on https://covidlatino.org.  HealthCare UnTold applauds Dr. Gilberto Lopez for applying his research skills and ingenuity to promote the health and wellness of the Latinx and Latino communities.#GilbertoLopez#covidlatino.org#laloalcarez#beatcovid-19#gentecare#healthcareuntold#transborderstudies#arizonastateuniversity