Seventy-two percent of Latinos over eighteen own smartphones – almost ten percent more than the national average. We try to answer why Latinos use phones at higher rates and what mobile technology could mean for health, finances, and democracy.
This article was originally pubshed in Latino USA.
Antonia Cereijido is a recent graduate of Medill, Northwestern University’s School of Journalism where she majored in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Spanish. She was born in Spanish Harlem but grew up in Southern California. Antonia writes about entertainment for The Huffington Post. She has interned at Endgame Entertainment and MiTu Network and was the second camera assistant on Josefina Lopez’s film Detained in the Desert.
*Did you know this? Latina immigrants have a point about healthy food and U.S. supermarkets. What Whole Foods is for the affluent, local markets are for the not so affluent. VL By Antonia Cereijido, Latino USA Researchers and politicians sometimes refer to areas where it’s hard to find fresh food…
*Here are some interesting numbers that came from this study on Latinos and the ACA: the overall percentage of uninsured Latinos has decreased since Obamacare; 1 in 4 Latinos haven't heard of the Affodable Care Act or of the insurance exchanges. So, great and not so great. Latinos are doing…
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has long protected the health and well-being of all Americans, particularly Latino families. Unfortunately, conservative politicians are leading efforts to attack, defund, and in some cases even abolish the EPA. The American Lung Association warns that these attacks “ignore public health and will have dire consequences…
By Antonia Cereijido, Latino USA
