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  •  Cuba, N.M., schools overcome big digital divide using Starlink

    Reyes Mata III

    June 06, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: Navajo Mountain, United States, Cuba, New Mexico

    While not without challenges, Starlink, a satellite technology company, played a pivotal role in bringing internet service to rural communities around the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Community members, the Cuba Independent School District, tribal councils, and Starlink worked together to install widespread internet connectivity, which has improved academic performance for their rural students.

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  • Mamacítas Cibernéticas seeks to close digital gaps in Sunland Park

    Reyes Mata III

    July 31, 2023 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunland Park, New Mexico

    A group of women known as the Mamacítas Cibernéticas are conducting outreach in Sunland Park, New Mexico, to gauge the digital literacy needs of locals — particularly older Hispanic women. They’re using that information to lobby lawmakers for computer training programs to help bridge the digital divide.

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  • NM has 7th-best enrollment in $30 per-month internet subsidy

    Reyes Mata III

    June 06, 2023 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States

    The federal Affordable Connectivity Program helps people pay for high-speed internet access to address the digital divide, and New Mexico is outpacing the national average of participants with educational outreach meetings and advertisements.

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  • Nearly all LCPS families have internet now, thanks to COVID-19 efforts

    Reyes Mata III

    April 12, 2023 |

    KRWG-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    To swiftly address the dearth of equitable internet connectivity exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Las Cruces Public Schools collaborated with a variety of funding, research, and outreach partners to bring nearly all of its 24,000 students online in their homes.

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  • Wireless hot spots: A pandemic fix yielding lackluster results for rural students

    Reyes Mata III

    December 19, 2022 |

    Carlsbad Current-Argus |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Teresa, New Mexico

    When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shift to remote learning, districts issued wireless hot spots to students as a cost-effective solution to help those living in homes without internet access their school work. While hot spots helped a large number of students, a present digital divide — specifically in rural areas — has made connecting harder for others, but government funding is ramping up to expand broadband access.

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  • The power of promotoras in the fight against COVID-19

    Reyes Mata III

    December 01, 2022 |

    Las Cruces Sun-News |

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    Response Location: United States, Radium Springs, New Mexico

    Community health workers — or “promotoras” — work to buffer the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically in isolated, Hispanic regions. These bilingual healthcare workers serve as a vital connection in the communities they serve, sharing medical information, COVID tests, and vaccines and working to dispel vaccine mistrust and misinformation.

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