Zócalo Public SquareHealth Care Advocate Martha Valladarez – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Health Care Advocate Martha Valladarez https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/07/21/health-care-advocate-martha-valladarez/personalities/in-the-green-room/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/07/21/health-care-advocate-martha-valladarez/personalities/in-the-green-room/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 07:01:53 +0000 Jer Xiong https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=136962 Martha Valladarez is an in-home supportive services provider. She was one of the first female letter carriers and female shop stewards in Fresno, California. Her youngest daughter has Down Syndrome, which led her to join the care providers’ union, SEIU Local 2015, for which she is currently the regional vice president. Before speaking on a panel at a Zócalo event, presented in partnership with The James Irvine Foundation—“What Is a Good Job Now? In Health Care?”—she chatted in the green room about feeling lucky, talking to children with disabilities, and delivering mail at Christmas.

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