As a longtime community health worker, Honorary Vice Consul and Consul of Guatemala for more than 20 years, a leader and advocate in the Portland Metropolitan area, Marta Guembes Herrera has worn many hats. Guembes Herrera has called Portland her home for 30 years and raised her children here. She is passionate about humanitarian rights of Latinos in her community.

Guembes Herrera took the time to share her thoughts with us when she got her vaccine recently. See the video in Spanish or English.

This article first appeared in the Feb. 9, 2021 issue of Oregon Coronavirus Update.