Difference Makers: A former farmworker's mission to help her community

By: Monica Carrillo-Casas

Outlets: The Spokesman-Review

Published: December 22, 2025

Words: 727

Last Updated: 5 days, 4 hours ago

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Esmeralda Sandoval remembers being just 5 years old, squeezed between the dusty bins in Florida’s fields, trying not to be seen while her parents worked under the hot sun picking oranges.

Today, she channels that experience into helping farmworkers as a case manager in the rural town of Othello.

“I never thought I’d be where I’m at now,” Sandoval said.

For the past year, Sandoval has been working at Nuestras Raíces Community Center’s Othello location …

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