Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez
Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez Ad-ria-na Gooh-n-sah-ley-z Cha-veth (she/her/hers)
News Reporter, Phoenix

Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez expects to graduate in May 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in communication. Gonzalez, who has interned with Donor Network of Arizona and reported for The State Press, is working for the Phoenix news bureau.

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‘We are ready to receive you’: Blue states prepare for influx of patients seeking abortion care

PHOENIX – Health care clinics in California, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington and other states are preparing to become “safe havens” for pregnant people living in states where abortion is restricted or banned, like Arizona.


‘Immense suffering’: After Roe, groups focus on how to help pregnant people

Activists and organizations on both sides of the abortion debate are figuring out how best to help pregnant people after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that had legalized abortion.

woman holding "abortion equals healthcare" protest sign in crowd

‘Wounded healers’: Advocates spotlight hidden struggles of young caregivers

MESA – Brenda Donovan was 12 when her mother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. By her senior year in high school, she’d become her mother’s primary caregiver. Across the U.S., more and more people are becoming caregivers to a loved one in need – among them, young people thrust into a role for which they have little training or support.


‘Solo el comienzo’: Ley Brandon destinada a reducir el estigma para los miembros militares que buscan ayuda de salud mental

PEORIA – El legado de Brandon Caserta de Arizona sigue vivo en la Ley Brandon, que permite a los hombres y mujeres en servicio buscar ayuda de salud mental fuera del ejército para reducir las barreras y el estigma de la autoinformación.


‘Only the beginning’: Brandon Act meant to reduce barriers, stigma for military members seeking mental health help

PEORIA – The legacy of Brandon Caserta of Arizona lives on in the Brandon Act, which allows service men and women to seek mental health help outside the military to reduce barriers and the stigma of self-reporting.


Los expertos señalan a la obesidad, la dieta y el ejercicio para combatir el colesterol alto en la juventud

PHOENIX – Con los niveles de obesidad creciendo en los Estados Unidos, más expertos están analizando cómo pueden prevenir el colesterol alto en la juventud para ayudar a evitar serios problemas de salud en el futuro.


Experts target obesity, diet, exercise to combat high cholesterol in youth

PHOENIX – With childhood obesity levels on the rise in the U.S., more experts are looking at how to prevent high cholesterol in youth to help avoid serious health problems later in life.


Se insta a las personas de color a registrarse para la donación de órganos

PHOENIX – Alrededor del 60% de los 106,000 pacientes esperando una donación de órganosen los Estados Unidos son personas de color, pacientes de raza negra, hispanos y asiaticos representados desproporcionadamente en la lista de espera, según muestran las estadísticas nacionales. La gran mayoría de esos 106.000 están esperando riñones.


Gift of life: People of color urged to register for organ donation

PHOENIX – About 60% of the 106,000 patients awaiting an organ donation in the U.S. are people of color, with Black, Hispanic and Asian patients disproportionately represented. To overcome such disparities, advocates at the national and local level are doing more to encourage people of color to become donors.