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Traditional Mixteca Healer Tends to Workers in Central Valley

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Some recent immigrants avoid visits to Western doctors. Instead, they call on traditional healers who speak their language, use familiar medicinal plants, and share their cultures. As part of our ongoing series of first-person health profiles called "What?s Your Story?", we hear from Juana Gomez, a Mixteca traditional healer from Oaxaca, Mexico. Her daughter, Johanna Gomez, helps to translate her story.

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