Safe Haven – Laura Perez’s experience as an immigrant groomed her for tending to others in desperate need – San Francisco

The men pull their caps down tightly over their eyes as they walk through the clinic door at the crux of International Boulevard and 25th Street in Oakland.

They come with pain in their backs, arms and hands from strenuous work as day laborers. They come with elevated blood sugar levels from eating cheap, accessible carbohydrates. And they come with alcoholism, depression and the anxiety of the poor and undocumented.

On the other side of the door is Laura Perez, a petite 31-year-old Peruvian in form-fitting jeans – part-sister, part-therapist – and not so long ago undocumented as well. She has flourished connecting with immigrant clients, and in October Perez went to Washington, D.C., to accept $125,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for her role as executive director at the Fruitvale neighborhood clinic, Street Level Health Project.”*

*From: www.sfgate.com
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