Category: Voices

  • Class Sizes: ‘I Care Because Students Need to Learn’

    By Jena Olson As part of The AjA Project PhotoCity program, students at Crawford High School spent time using cameras to examine factors at their school that affect their overall health. This week we’re showcasing a photo essay by student Hawa, 18. She used her photo essay as an opportunity to highlight the issue of…

  • ‘Still Room for Improvement on School Lunches’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson Last year, school districts throughout the country and right here in San Diego revamped their school lunch menus to comply with updated nutrition standards. The new USDA guidelines call for less salt and fat and more fruit and vegetables. And students are now required to pick out a nutritionally complete meal as…

  • School Clinics Keep Students Healthy and In Class: Teen Producers Video

    City Height’s newest school clinic at Monroe Clark middle school is helping students get quality health care. School administrators say the effort helps keep attendance levels and academic achievement high because healthy students are more likely to show up to class. That’s the case for Andrea Vizcarra, who is getting support for her high blood…

  • Tom K. Wong on Life as an Undocumented Youth

    By Monica Medina [Editor’s Note: The following appeared on Hey Neighbor!, a new KPBS blog about San Diego and the people and places that make this an extraordinary region to live. As director of diversity and engagement, Monica Medina writes about local heroes in diverse communities. She also is keenly interested in uncovering the multitude…

  • ‘Preventative Care Saved My Life’: Teen Producers Video

    Next year, the state will ramp up to expand health care coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act. By 2014, it expects to have its new insurance exchange up and running and open access to Medi-Cal to about a million more residents. For the newly insured, the changes could mean fewer trips to the…