In this episode, Dr. Karma Chávez interviews Professor Rogelio Saenz about his research documenting the impact of COVID-19 on Latinx communities in the US.

Dr. Karma Chávez and Professor Rogelio Saenz discuss the reasons why COVID-19 has hit Latinx communities so hard and why that impact has been disproportionate. They also consider what can be done to lessen the impact as well as where future research needs to go.

Resources / Related Links:

A Milestone of Misery: More Than 100K US Latinos Have Died From COVID-19

COVID-19’s Surging Impact on Latinos: A Glimpse Into August 2020

How a professor in Texas tracked the undercounting of COVID-19 cases among Hispanics, and why the Rio Grande Valley is hard hit

Karma R. Chávez (she/her) is associate professor and chair in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin | @queermigrations

Rogelio Sáenz (he/him) is a sociologist and demographer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he is professor in the Department of Demography. | @RogelioSaenz42

This episode of LatinXperts was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kate Whitmer and Ean Herrera.