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Meet the Local Heroes 2020 Honorees
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Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Ben Caldwell and Tam Nguyen are 2020’s three Local Heroes honorees.
Meet the Local Heroes 2021 Honorees
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Chancee Martorell and Brandon “Stix” Salaam-Bailey are 2021’s Local Heroes honorees.
Meet the Local Heroes 2022 Honorees
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Marjorie Lee and Cynthia 'Big Mama' Mendenhall are 2022's Local Heroes honorees.
Meet the Local Heroes 2023 Honorees
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Brandon Tsay and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan are 2023's Local Heroes honorees.
A woman with long black hair in curls, wearing a bright blue blouse with a hot-pink pineapple print, smiles a toothy grin at the camera as she stands against a plain, light-pink background
Born in a refugee camp, 2023 Local Heroes honoree Meymuna Hussein-Cattan's personal journey inspires her unwavering commitment to empowering refugees and immigrants — as well as other humanitarian causes — through the Tiyya Foundation and Flavors from Afar.
An Asian American man with a dark mustache and beard and dark hair falling over his forehead looks directly at the camera, wearing a white dress shirt buttoned all the way to the top under a dark jacket. In the background, the branches and leaves of large jade plants are visible inside a room with beige walls.
Local Heroes 2023 Honoree Brandon Tsay disarmed the Monterey Park, California mass shooter during Lunar New Year celebrations on January 21, 2023.
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Brandon Tsay and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan are 2023's Local Heroes honorees.
A woman wearing glasses and a black visor hat smiles as she stands on a golf course green in a V-neck shirt that reads "Latina Golfers" and holds a white flag with the Latina Golfers logo by a handle.
Meet 2023 Local Heroes nominee Acuzena Maldonado, founder of Latina Golfers Association.
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Local Heroes 2023 Nominee Victor Narro, an expert on immigrant rights and low-wage workers, is a founder and the president of the advisory board of directors at the Clean Car Wash Worker Center, the country’s first center advocating for car wash workers.
A woman with long brown hair wearing a light-blue ruffled, short-sleeved top sits and smiles gently at the camera, with a view of an office or coworking space in the background.
Meet Evelyn Aleman, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee for her advocacy in education, offering bilingual resources though the online community Our Voice: Communities for Quality Education.
A man with slicked-back, short, dark hair wearing a white V-neck T-shirt under a dark suit jacket smiles slightly at the camera as he stands outside in the sunshine, with trees and other greenery visible in the background.
Remigio "Remi" Mateo, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee, encourages diverse communities to experience Mother Nature by leading hikes for Latino Outdoors.
A man with a dark beard wearing a dark blue T-shirt smiles at the camera as his eyes crinkle in the daylight.
Ova Saopeng, a 2023 Local Heroes nominee, is co-artistic director, producer and theatre-maker with Los Angeles-based TeAda Productions, which stages plays that provide perspectives from global refugee and immigrant communities.
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