Hi everyone! This week on Totally Preventable we are excited to chat with Conexión Latina Newport! Greg & Polly sit down with two of the founders, Rebekah Rosen-Gomez and Yolanda Macias, to learn more about the amazing work being done by Conexión Latina with the Hispanic community in Newport.

Conexión Latina Newport was founded in 2019 by four local women who were frustrated by the injustices faced by Newport’s ever growing Hispanic population and the lack of resources available to them. The mission of Conexión Latina is to educate, inform, mobilize and advocate for all Hispanics in Newport, as well as advise and partner with social services, education and government agencies, on how they best meet the needs of the Newport Hispanic Community. Through relationship and trust building, Conexión Latina bolsters needed services, ensures accessible systems, and creates the communities confidence to access those services. For more information, visit www.conexionlatinanewport.org or check out their Facebook at www.facebook.com/conexionlatinanewport.