Man with a Heart

Man with a Heart interviews Juan, a healthy Latino man in his 40s who spent 10 days in the hospital with COVID-19, and whose father now is hospitalized with the virus. Juan is on a mission to educate others, especially the Latinx community, about the dangers of COVID-19. In the spring, 50% of those who contracted COVID-19 in Washington County, Oregon were Latino. Juan explains why people in the community are afraid to go to the hospital--and why that's dangerous. His experience changed his life, he says. "I just want to help others."

Ruben Garcia, host of Man with a Heart, reads an article published this week in "Portland Through a Latinx Lens" called "Two Strikes Against Me." In the article, Garcia describes how he encountered poverty, racism and hate crimes growing up. He has overcome poverty, but still deals with racism every day. Warning: The story and podcast include descriptions of violence.

Ruben Garcia, host of Man with a Heart podcast, describes being harassed by a cop for having brown skin. Profiling by cops is all too common, and Garcia shows how he fought back. Follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Manheartlove

Ruben Garcia, host of Man with a Heart, just wanted to find love in middle school. When he met Katie, he though he had found the perfect person--until her parents told her "she shouldn't date outside her race."

Ruben Garcia, host of Man with a Heart, relates how he hid his feelings of anger as a child--and how it affected him. He tells how he had tried to overcome the temptation to hide his feelings, and how it affects him now. Visit https://www.facebook.com/Manheartlove to learn more.

Ruben Garcia, host of Man with a Heart, describes how his mother left him and his eight siblings in a station wagon parked outside a bar, sometimes for whole days and into the night, while she drank and danced with his dad. Follow Man with a Heart on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Manheartlove/ Instagram: Instagram.com/manheartlove/

In this first podcast episode, Ruben Garcia describes what it was like growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father. How did he and his nine siblings cope when their dad came home drunk most nights? Garcia, a Mexican American, grew up in a migrant worker camp and has worked as a cook, a caterer, an advocate for at-risk youth, and as a grief counselor and recruiter. Visit him at https://www.facebook.com/Manheartlove/