Bien Hecho: Remembering Dr. Ramiro Casso

Last month Dr. Ramiro Casso died at the age of 88. Among the many accomplishments of Casso’s life, one of the most significant was helping to ban the use of the short-handled hoe for agricultural workers, as well as particular types of pesticides.

Casso was involved with the United Farm Workers in Texas, criticizing the Texas Rangers when they brutally ended a farm worker strike. He was known as an “activist doctor” and helped to bring better medical infrastructure to the border in Texas, including raising the money to build a nursing program at the local community college, which was named for him: the Dr. Ramiro R. Casso Nursing and Allied Health Center in McAllen, Texas.

In short, Casso did a lot over a long life to make life better for the people in his community. To read more about him, click here, and remember that our weekly segment, “Bien Hecho,” highlights the good deeds and achievements of Latinos across the U.S. If you feel that someone you know is deserving of recognition, let us know at tips@newstaco.com.

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