As long as she can remember, Bianca Acosta wanted to take care of animals – starting before Kindergarten with her stuffed bear, Yayo, and extending to all her family’s pets growing up. And there were a lot of pets: turtles, parakeets, a cockatiel, rabbits, dogs and a cat.  

Bridging two worlds seems to come naturally to Benjamin Macuil-Rojas. Animals and people … the clinic and the lab … theory and practice … Mexico and the United States. 

“I've always cared about advocating for the Latinx community since I am a daughter of immigrants. And as a woman, I always knew that I cared about sexual health, wellness and reproductive freedom,” Naranjo said. "I realized that if I cared about reproductive rights, I should volunteer at Planned Parenthood. It was there that I learned that there was a national program that specifically does work on Latinx engagement.”

San Diego, CA—Chosen Foods is celebrating its Hispanic heritage with a four-part docuseries highlighting other Hispanic entrepreneurs in their respective fields.

By Kim Perez

From sneaking under curtains as a child exploring a hospital, to directing life-saving research at one of the most prestigious cancer centers in the world, Dr. Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez has never stopped following her curiosity. 

This intrepid spirit has been evident since her earliest days.