Lisa Ortiz (Sawyer Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow) and Kristy Nabhan-Warren (Religious Studies and GWSS) have both done research on meatpacking plants and the rural Latin/x communities surrounding them. In this conversation, the scholars discuss the role of churches during the COVID-19 outbreak and how workers are using social media to communicate.

Latina/o Studies Minor Ashley Morrow was awarded the Adah Johnson/Otilia Maria Fernandez Scholarship through the Department of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies. Ashley Morrow is from O’Fallon, Missouri, and is a senior majoring in Global Health Studies and Spanish, with a Latino Studies minor.

Latina/o Studies Minor, Naomi Marroquin, is showcased in the Dare to Discover campaign and has a banner highlighting her research on Washington Street in downtown Iowa City.