Birth workers lay out opportunities to narrow Oregon maternal health care gaps
Advocates say boosting insurance pay would help expand programs for vulnerable pregnant people
Andrea Otáñez
Senior Editor
Andrea Otáñez of Seattle, Washington, has worked as a reporter, copy editor, team editor and columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune and The Seattle Times. She is currently a teaching professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she teaches journalism classes and has developed courses in communication studies; race, gender, power and media representations of Latinx people; and critiques of journalistic objectivity.
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