Some medical professionals say bringing more Spanish speakers into Colorado hospital rooms has only become more critical in the last 19 months as the pandemic has disproportionately affected the state’s population of more than 1.25 million Latino residents. Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin talked to experts about a Children’s Hospital Colorado program that aims to bring more students of color and low-income students in the Denver metro area into the state’s health care industry. Reporter Olivia Prentzel talks with Erica more about the program and about some of the defining experiences students said they had while participating.

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Some medical professionals say bringing more Spanish speakers into Colorado hospital rooms has only become more critical in the last 19 months as the pandemic has disproportionately affected the state&rsquo;s population of more than 1.25 million Latino residents. Colorado Sun reporter Erica Breunlin talked to experts about a Children&rsquo;s Hospital Colorado program that aims to bring more students of color and low-income students in the Denver metro area into the state&rsquo;s health care industry. Reporter Olivia Prentzel talks with Erica more about the program and about some of the defining experiences students said they had while participating.
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