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Young immigrant works to eradicate diabetes, health gaps in her Latino community
Sep 15, 2020
Fascinated with the relationship between food and health since childhood, Lorena Melendez-Chavez is putting her nutrition education to work preventing obesity and diabetes in greater Los Angeles.