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Vanessa G. Sánchez

Born and raised in Ecuador, Sánchez has written in-depth stories about issues affecting underrepresented communities, including migrant workers and asylum seekers in the U.S. She contributed to the award-winning investigations “Essential and Exposed” and “Printing Hate.” As an intern and Bradlee Fellow at The Washington Post, she covered education, local government and politics in the Baltimore-Washington region. She joins Searchlight as a yearlong Roy W. Howard fellow to cover health policies affecting children and families in New Mexico. Sánchez holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

Vanessa@Searchlightnm.org
Posted inHealth

Medication for opioid addiction is life-saving for pregnant women and babies. In New Mexico, few get it.

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez August 30, 2023September 7, 2023

Providers don’t prescribe drugs like buprenorphine, the gold standard for treatment. Why?

Posted inHealth

Still fighting for their birthright

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez and photos by Nadav Soroker June 14, 2023August 9, 2023

For centuries, midwives and doulas have safely brought babies into the world. Will they ever be accepted?

Posted inMental Health

A deadly cry for help

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez and Joshua Bowling April 27, 2023August 9, 2023

Albuquerque police fatally shot unarmed Collin Neztsosie, who had called 911 during a mental health crisis. Did it have to happen?

Posted inHealth

Maternal health crisis in New Mexico: services shrink, risks grow

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez April 13, 2023August 9, 2023

CLOVIS — Victoria Robledo was two months pregnant last June when the only women’s health clinic in this eastern New Mexico town closed its doors. Hers was a complicated pregnancy that demanded specialized care, and Robledo, 24, soon found herself driving long distances — 100 miles to Lubbock, Texas, for her first ultrasound, 220 miles […]

Posted inCriminal Justice

Calling in crisis

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Joshua Bowling and Vanessa G. Sánchez March 22, 2023August 9, 2023

Crisis intervention by civilians seen as way to protect the vulnerable from interactions with armed police

Posted inHealth

Where have all the doctors (and nurses) gone?

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez February 8, 2023August 9, 2023

ERs and urgent care centers have become the default for medical care

Posted inHealth

Eastern New Mexico is restricting abortion — one ordinance at a time

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez January 12, 2023August 9, 2023

Roosevelt County is the latest to ban access

Posted inTribal Affairs

Searching on their own

Avatar photo by Vanessa G. Sánchez October 26, 2022August 9, 2023

A Navajo-led search and rescue group looks for missing and murdered Indigenous people — going where no one else will

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