Throughout the pandemic, La Abuelina has become part of a successful campaign to connect Latinos in Montgomery County with the vaccine.

“We’ve been seeing situations where whole households are getting sick, and the public health infrastructure is just not responsive to how our communities communicate.”

And between 1990 and 2015, D.C. saw a 10 percent increase of Latino homeowners, which ranks it fifth nationally among these households in Trulia’s report.