Estefany Gonzalez
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The Hard Work of Hope
Job skills take seed at SAY’s Sunflower Garden. Six months ago, Aryella Mahony moved from Southern California to Santa Rosa to escape from a living environment she describes as “unhealthy.” Mahony, 18, was able to find housing at Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) Dream Center, which provides emergency short-term shelter for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24.…
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Curanderas Rising
Farming for Health empowers women in Roseland to cultivate plant medicine. Guadalupe Vasquez used to go to the doctor’s office three times a month. Vasquez, 35, battles diabetes as well as liver and kidney problems. Her pain was so severe, she once fainted in the emergency room and had to be put on a morphine drip.…