Nurse, field worker, promotora

Lilia Rebollar, a nurse in her home country and a field worker here in the U.S., has become a promotora for Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo in Coachella. In this role, it is her duty to learn about important environmental issues, from air pollution to pesticides, and share this knowledge directly with residents. Her current focus is educating herself and the community on arsenic contamination in the supply of water. Read the story on Coachella Unincorporated.[youtube=http://youtu.be/jU6ZIuSaJuA]