Kate O’Donnell’s last patient of the day is Maria Cabrera, who has acquired more than $57,000 in medical debt. The two sit in a dimly lit room in the Casa de Salud Family Medical Office, where O’Donnell works as a medical debt manager. She works with Cabrera and several dozen other South Valley residents who are struggling with medical debt.
Roberto Rosales, 43, works for the Albuquerque Journal and is one of the few Latino photojournalists in New Mexico.
Kate O’Donnell explains the Presbyterian Hospital application process for financial assistance to Maria Cabrera at Casa de Salud Family Medical Office in the South Valley. O’Donnell is a “promotora,” or health navigator, in the South Valley, and mainly helps Hispanic and Latino people manage severe medical debt.
Michele Roberts, 53, middle, is puzzled and dismayed as she attends a forum at the SUB Wednesday afternoon in response to the changes in eligibility requirements for the Bridge to Success Scholarship. She and nearly 30 others stood in line at the forum, organized by the New Mexico Coalition for Equity and Justice, to speak to UNM officials after concerns that the community was not included in the decision-making process to raise requirements for the scholarship from a GPA of 2.5 to 3.0.
James Besante, (right) recipient of The Nicholas Skala Student Activist award jokes about a class with Aditi Majumdar (left), fellow medical student in the cafeteria at UNM Hospital.
Junior guard Sara Halasz goes for a jumper against Houston Baptist on Sunday at The Pit. UNM went on to win 63-46 and is 3-0 for the first time since the 2008-2009 season.
Flamenco student Dolores Garcia twirls in the “Points in Space” solo piece “Alegrias.” Garcia choreographed and performed the piece.
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