Tag: DACA

Tag: DACA

Meet Dreamer Edgar Velázquez – Navigating Daunting Challenges On Way To Med School
August 27, 2020 Diversity, Immigrants, Students, The Latest LPOC Organization

Edgar Velázquez has taken an unconventional route to medical school.

His story begins in Mexico, where a ruined economy forced his parents to flee their beloved colonial hometown and move to the United States, leaving their children behind.

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LPOC Statement on U.S. Supreme Court DACA Ruling
July 31, 2020 Immigrants, The Latest LPOC Organization

Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Case Gives Hope to Dreamers, but More Work Lies Ahead Sacramento, CA – Latinx Physicians of California is pleased that, on June 18, the U.S.

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Physician Diversity Reduces Health Disparities
March 31, 2015 Recent Reports, The Latest LPOC Organization

“Immigration Policies and the U.S. Medical Education System: A Diverse Physician Workforce to Reduce Health Disparities” By Efrain Talamantes, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.H.P.M. and Gerardo Moreno, M.D., M.S.H.S. In the last

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