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Adriana Ortega

Bilingual Certified Child Life Specialist at Wonders & Worries (Austin, TX) supporting children in Spanish-speaking families facing serious illness.

Oct 1, 2026

JulieHOST
16:04
So one of the things that I would also like to highlight is how important is it that the spaces that we use to provide support be representative of the culture of our Hispanic or Latin families?
16:18
Yeah, I have a good story to tell about this.
16:22
So I've been taking my children to the same dentist's office, you know, since they were two or whenever.
16:28
And the entire population that is seen within this dentist's office are people of color.
16:34
However, all of the artwork that is on the walls, every single photograph are these beautiful, beautiful blonde, blue-eyed babies.
16:44
But, you know...
16:45
I know that as everybody who walks into that waiting space, They look around and they don't see themselves.
JulieHOST
18:31
How in your practice do you utilize, for example, Dia de los Muertos with your families?

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