By Teena Apeles – KCET.org – Photo: Courtesy of AltaMed.
Photo: A mural in progress on an AltaMed clinic exterior by Yolanda Gonzalez.
On a Monday morning in October, a health clinic on Whittier Boulevard in Boyle Heights is as busy as to be expected; a mix of families and individuals of all ages wait patiently to receive dental or medical care. Mothers are comforting fussy babies in strollers, a few toddlers run about the aisles, and other folks have cell phones in hand or chatting to pass the time. Conversations happen in English and in Spanish while educational programs run on the overhead television.
