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“Women and Child Care in Illinois: A Survey of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Illinois Labor & Employment Relations, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Illinois Economy Policy Institute, May 5, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Chicago’s hard-hit Latino communities, hope is revived but outreach to Spanish-speakers and skeptics still needed
Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2021

Selling Nopal Gives Life to Unemployed Mother in Child Care Desert Crisis
ABC 15 Arizona, January 21, 2021

Clergy, doctors and activists take on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access in Black and Latino communities: ‘Don’t underestimate the fear’
Chicago Tribune, December 19, 2020

Ella es Dolores Castañeda, conocida como ‘El Ángel de La Villita’ por su gran corazón
Telemundo, November 24, 2020

Protegen a vendedores ambulantes de La Villta y North Lawndale del contagio de covid-19
La Raza, September 21, 2020

‘Irresponsible and Wrong’: More Fallout from Crawford Smokestack Demolition
WTTW, April 13, 2020

Little Village Rocked by Coronavirus, Shutdowns
WTTW, March 26, 2020

Whether they are sick, Chicago’s precarious workers will work amid coronavirus. ‘How would I pay my bills?’
Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2020

Forced to find higher-rent apartment, behind on medical bills, 72-year-old West Side street vendor keeps selling corn in winter: ‘I’m not the only one’.
Chicago Tribune, February 8, 2020

Mourners Honor Worker Who Died At Crawford Coal Demolition Site, Call For Better Work Conditions.
Block Club Chicago, January 31, 2020

Little Village’s Padres Angeles changing hearts, promoting peace.
Chicago Catholic, August 21, 2019

‘Padres Ángeles’ buscan detener el ciclo de violencia en La Villita. Por Catolico Hoy Chicago
Chicago Tribune, July 23, 2019

Al Punto Chicago: ‘Si se puede’, mamá e hija envían este mensaje a la comunidad Latina
Univision Chicago, June 20. 2019

Dolores Castaneda
Chicago Tribune, January 30, 2019

Mexican mother feeds the homeless of Little Village and Pilsen
Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2018

Madre Dolores: así la llaman por ayudar a los desamparados en Chicago
La Opinion, December 16, 2017

Marchers carry crosses through Chicago in memory of murder victims
National Catholic Reporter, January 5, 2017