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Author Archives: Elizabeth Aguilera

Elizabeth Aguilera is an award-winning multimedia journalist who covers health and social services for CalMatters. She joined CalMatters in 2016 from Southern California Public Radio/KPCC 89.3 where she produced stories about community health. Her reporting there revealed lead-tainted soil on school campuses near a former lead battery recycling plant that spurred district action. Previously Aguilera was a staff writer at the San Diego Union-Tribune where she covered immigration and demographics. At the U-T, she won a “Best of the West” award for her coverage of sex trafficking between Mexico and the United States. At the Denver Post, where Aguilera wrote about urban affairs and business, she was named a Livingston Award finalist for her reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Aguilera has also worked at the Orange County Register. She is a Marshall Memorial Fellow and an International Center for Journalists alum. She is also a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. The L.A. native is a graduate of Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Silvia Hernandez plays with children at her daycare in Van Nuys on April 9,2021 photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inChildren and Youth

Almost two months later, child care providers still waiting for relief checks

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

It could be mid-May or later before some child care providers get state stipends promised to them as part of a coronavirus relief package. Providers worry they may not be able to hold out that long.

Sylvia Hernandez juega con niños en su guardería en Van Nuys el 9 de abril de 2021. Foto de Shae Hammond para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Casi dos meses después, los proveedores de cuidado infantil siguen esperando los cheques de alivio

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera April 13, 2021April 13, 2021
Cynthia Bassett stands for a portrait in her backyard in San Bernardino on March 16, 2021. Cynthia has been running a daycare at her house for 22 years. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inChildren and Youth

Thousands of child care centers shutter, spelling bad news for California

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
Cynthia Bassett en su patio trasero en San Bernardino. Lleva 22 años administrando una guardería en su casa. "Estaba acostumbrada a tener 14 pequeños corriendo", dijo, "y de repente '¡Puf!', Estoy sola". Foto de Shae Hammond para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Miles de centros de cuidado infantil han cerrado, lo que significa malas noticias para California

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
Jonathan, 4, works on an art project with help from his therapist, left, and mother, Natalia Acosta, right, during online preschool at his him in Tracy on March 3, 2021. He is among California's special-needs students who have faced special challenges during the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inK-12 Education

Special-needs children still seek help after year adrift

Ricardo CanoAvatar by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera March 22, 2021March 23, 2021
Jonathan, de 4 años, trabaja en un proyecto de arte con la ayuda de su terapeuta, izquierda, y su madre, Natalia Acosta, derecha, durante el preescolar en línea en Tracy el 3 de marzo de 2021. Se encuentra entre los estudiantes con necesidades especiales de California con desafíos especiales durante la pandemia. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Los niños con necesidades especiales de California siguen buscando ayuda después de un año a la deriva

Ricardo CanoAvatar by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera March 22, 2021March 22, 2021
Children play in the backyard of Ana Ballesteros home where she runs a day care in Delano on Feb. 26, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inChildren and Youth

More than 12,000 coronavirus cases have been reported at California child care centers

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Los niños juegan en el patio trasero de la casa de Ana Ballesteros donde dirige una guardería en Delano el 26 de febrero de 2021. Foto de Shae Hammond para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Se han reportado más de 12,000 casos de coronavirus en los centros de cuidado infantil de California

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Family daycare provider Lucre-ce Lester takes a student’s temperature as he arrives for the day at her home-based daycare in Antioch on Feb. 17, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inChildren and Youth

Burgeoning child care union secures COVID-19 relief funding approval

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Gennie Gorback, President-Elect of the California Kindergarten Assocation, plays with her daughters, Cece, almost two, left, and Tilly, 4, right, at their Orinda home on Feb. 3, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inChildren/Youth

Low kindergarten attendance creates first grade problem

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera February 9, 2021February 19, 2021

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