Health
Wildfires disproportionately impact Latino and other underserved L.A. communities, data shows – UCLA
Data shows Latino workers are more often at risk of respiratory illness and income loss during fires. [from UCLA]
Silvia R. Gonzalez
UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute
Director of Research
expertise:
state: CA
city: Los Angeles
LGBTQ: NO
Tribal Affiliation: NO
languages: English, Spanish
race + ethnicity: Mexican American, Mexican, or Chicana/o/x, Latina/e/o/x or Hispanic (e.g., Latin American, Central American, South American)
Silvia has extensive research experience related to neighborhood change and gentrification, anti-displacement policies, environmental equity, and climate planning. Her research focuses on how the places where we live influence socioeconomic inequality and environmental health outcomes along racial lines, and she has co-authored multiple reports analyzing the neighborhoods most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. She can speak to issues of water, climate, health and environment from a deeply informed Latinx, and environmental justice perspective.