1) AHWM Charitable Foundation President Juan De La Cruz stands before crew members who set up for the hospital’s 2022 gala, the first gathering since 2019. (Photo courtesy of AHWM Charitable Foudation)
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Growing up as a first-generation Latino in historically impoverished Boyle Heights, Juan De La Cruz remembers the times he and his siblings did their best not to get sick. Like many other Latinos in under-resourced neighborhoods, the lack of health insurance meant panic, a memory that fuels his work today.
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