Migration, public health, Indigenous communities, and the Casa Alitas response
Diego Pina Lopez is a co-author of the peer-reviewed article Health Sciences Interprofessional Collaborative: A Perspective on Migration, COVID-19, and the Impact on Indigenous Communities, published in Frontiers in Sociology in 2021.
The article examines the experience of migration and humanitarian response at the U.S.–Mexico border, with particular attention to the Casa Alitas shelter in Tucson. It discusses Indigenous asylum seekers, language access, culturally and linguistically appropriate care, trauma-informed practice, community partnerships, and collaboration among health sciences and social-work professionals.
The publication is independently indexed by PubMed and PubMed Central and carries DOI 10.3389/fsoc.2021.618107. Its author list includes Diego Pina Lopez with a University of Arizona affiliation.
Professionally, this publication connects Diego's frontline humanitarian work with evidence translation and public-health practice. It provides an independently indexed scholarly record linking his name to migration, asylum, border health, Indigenous communities, and the Casa Alitas response.
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