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In an era of heightened immigration enforcement, immigrant communities in Arizona and across the country face widespread fear and uncertainty. This has raised concerns about how the current immigration climate will negatively affect the health of children and families, from decreased health care utilization to increased stress and declining mental health. Moreover, as hospitals and clinics are no longer recognized as “sensitive locations” by immigration enforcement, health care providers, including pediatricians, should become more knowledgeable about immigration law and their patients' rights.
This webinar aims to help pediatric healthcare professionals navigate these turbulent times and better serve immigrant patients and families. The webinar will educate pediatricians about immigration rights for their patients and themselves and will provide valuable information on how to mitigate the negative impact of the current immigration climate on the health and care-seeking behaviors of immigrant children and their families.
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:
Dr. Raul Gutierrez and Valentina Montoya have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
AzAAP gratefully acknowledges financial support for this webinar from American Academy of Pediatrics’ Keeping Kids Connected to Care educational grant.
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Nneka Edwards-Jackson, MD, MPH is a board-certified Pediatric Hospitalist who has worked in a variety of different hospital settings in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, and Malawi. She currently works at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix where she serves a diverse patient population, including immigrant and refugee families. Dr. Edwards-Jackson is the Chair of the AzAAP Health Equity Committee, as well as Medical Director of the chapter’s Medical Services Project, a program which connects uninsured school-aged children to care. She is newly a Co-Leader of the Advocacy Track for the Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Residency Program. She also is the founder and current board member of Kids of Malawi, a U.S.-based non-profit that aims to improve healthcare for children in Malawi. She is originally from Toronto, Canada and is the daughter of Caribbean parents.
Dr. Raul Gutierrez is an associate clinical professor at UCSF with over 15 years of experience working with immigrant children. He is the co-founder and co-director of the BRIDGES clinic, a multidisciplinary team dedicated to a holistic and community-supported approach to wellness among recently immigrated children and their families, located within the Children's Health Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General. Additionally, he developed guidelines for intentional and thoughtful healthcare for immigrant students within Oakland school-based clinics. He serves as the co-director of pediatrics with the UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative and the Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing at Benioff Children's Hospitals. He was previously the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health.
Valentina Restrepo Montoya is a native of Boston and the daughter of Colombian parents. Since 2021, she has served as the Executive Director and CEO of Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services. After graduating from Berkeley Law in 2014, Valentina joined the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, where she participated in a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections for inadequate medical care, mental healthcare, and noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Following that, Valentina became an Assistant Public Defender in Birmingham, Alabama where she represented clients in specialty courts and in jury trials. She then joined The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, where she provided direct representation to people deemed unable to represent themselves in immigration removal proceedings under Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder.
