WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Only 6 percent of doctors across the U.S. are Latino. Here in Iowa, it’s one of the fastest-growing populations. State data shows only about 90 Latino doctors are practicing in Iowa as of 2023.
Isnavys Perez-Rodriguez is from Cuba, and she’s hoping to change those numbers.
“I spent most of my childhood avoiding fun things so that we wouldn’t go to the hospital or do the annual checkups and stuff like that,” Perez-Rodriguez said…