Doctor Provides Daily COVID Updates In Spanish: Long Valley Hero

LONG VALLEY, NJ — When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. Together with Ring, we’re working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Sandra Lopez Leon who nominated her husband, Albert.

• Name: Sandra Lopez Leon MD PhD
• State: NJ
• Hometown: Long Valley
• Hero's job: Health Care
• Relationship to nominee: She is my Wife
• If other, job: Medical Doctor with PhD in epidemiology and genetics Works since 12 years ago in Drug Development doing scientific research
• Reason for recognition: In social media daily she answers questions about COVID and post the latest and most important research translated into Spanish. She has given interviews in newspapers and various Spanish networks in the US as well as in Latin America.
• One thing to know: If you know of a Spanish-speaking person that has questions about COVID or wants to read daily updates contact Sandra in twitter @sandralopezleon

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