RIC students put their education to work on the front lines! Paoloa Martinez is a current student in the community health worker certification program. She's also a caregiver at Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC), a community health center that offers primary medical care to uninsured Rhode Islanders and guarantees that quality care comes from caregivers who are fully integrated in the community. • Paola works as a Navegantes coordinator at CEHC. Navegantes (“navigators”) is an advanced training program for bilingual community members in case management, outreach, health education, advocacy and medical interpreting. The six people on Paola’s team help patients navigate the health system, apply for free care and access health services, and locate community resources. • “Here in Rhode Island we need to open new opportunities for the community to obtain health insurance,” says Martinez. “Thankfully, we have places like Clínica Esperanza that are providing healthcare to people who don’t ...