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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Indigenous Farm Workers Suffer from Lack of Mental Health Services

    In the strawberry fields near Oxnard, workers from remote parts of Mexico and Central America toil at some of the hardest jobs in California agriculture. Not only are they separated from their families, they're further isolated by language. They don't speak English or Spanish, but a very different, tonal language called Mixteco.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 17, 2014 • 1 min read

    In the strawberry fields near Oxnard, workers from remote parts of Mexico and Central America toil at some of the hardest jobs in California agriculture. Not only are they separated from their families, they're further isolated by language. They don't speak English or Spanish, but a very different, tonal language called Mixteco. Hannah Guzik is a writer and assignment editor for the California Health Report.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Hannah Guzik

      California Health Report

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    Is It Time to Reform LA Parking Fines?
    1. 0:00New President Pro Tem of the California State Senate
    2. 7:10Does Parking Punishment Fit the Crime?
    3. 22:48Indigenous Farm Workers Suffer from Lack of Mental Health ServicesYou’re reading this
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